Thailand Tourism

Phuket sandbox: A promotional campaign in Thailand aims at boosting tourism post COVID-19 outbreak

Thailand's government will begin the "Phuket Sandbox" scheme to bring the tourists back to Phuket starting 1 July. Even though coronavirus numbers are again rising around the rest of Thailand and prompting new lockdown measures, officials say there's too much at stake not to forge ahead with the plan to reopen the island to fully-vaccinated travellers.

Thailand bomb blasts: Eight explosions in Hua Hin, Phuket kill four and injure 20

A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the perpetrators.