Police urged to stop tourists partying on Jomtien beach all night
LOCAL residents in Pattaya have urged the authorities to crackdown on tourists partying on Jomtien beach after midnight till 7 a.m. in the morning with the loud music they play preventing them from sleeping, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 10). Upon receiving complaints, this TV station’s news team inspected the beach and found that […]
Read MoreCash-strapped small hotels in Phuket appeal for help
SMALL hotels in Phuket are facing dire financial problems with several having been seized by financial institutions that have put them up for sale while 200 others are in the process of being seized by the Legal Execution Department, Thansettakij newspaper said today (July 13). Around 50 small hotel owners held a protest at […]
Read MoreExperts certain boy was bitten by a shark at Phuket’s Kamala beach
AFTER a Thai-Ukrainian boy was bitten while swimming at Kamala beach in Phuket yesterday (May 1) experts visited him and have ascertained it was a shark bite with signs being put up to warn tourists and beach guards sent in to assist them, Sanook.com said today. Phuket Deputy Governor Mr. Phichet Panaphong together with […]
Read MoreAircraft debris washes up on Nakhon Si Thammarat beach
A MYSTERIOUS PIECE of plane wreckage washed up on Nakhon Si Thammarat province’s Pak Phanang beach with the code CCBU 07ZS visible at a few places, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 15) The curved metal sheet of a plane that reached the beach is 1.80 metres wide, 3.16 metres long, and weighs about 70-80 kilogrammes. […]
Read MoreGerman presenter attacked while walking on Phuket beach
GERMAN presenter Cathy Hummels, 34, who is married to Borussia Dortmund central defender Mats Hummels, was attacked on a Phuket beach last Saturday but is now doing well “according to the circumstances,” News.i-n24.com and Amarin TV said today (Feb.10). Cathy said she went for a walk on the beach on Saturday evening to say goodbye […]
Read MoreBigger oil slick just 3 km away from Rayong shore
WITH oil from the an undersea pipeline that leaked 400,000 litres of crude into the sea near Map Ta Phut earlier this week having washed up on parts of Mae Ram Phueng beach in Rayong province before dawn today (Jan. 29) a senior official warned that a bigger mass is just three kilometres away […]
Read MoreBang Saen beach reopens but no booze allowed
BENEFITING from relaxation of Covid restrictions is Bang Saen beach which has now reopened for tourists to come and relax and enjoy themselves but only till 8 p.m. and alcohol is strictly forbidden, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Sept. 1). Vendors again brought out their beach chairs to rent out to tourists while restaurants […]
Read More61 adolescents caught breaking curfew for beach party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIXTY-ONE adolescents were rounded up on a beach in Songkhla for allegedly breaking curfew and partying with alcoholic beverages last night (August 4), police said. The 61 adolescents, 30 of whom aged under 18 years, were arrested on charges of violating the communicable disease and emergency rules with the boisterous birthday […]
Read More10kg heroin washes up on Khao Lak beach
EMPLOYEES of a hotel at the famed Khao Lak tourist destination in southern coastal Phang Nga province today (May 27) found a suspicious box that had washed up on the beach and immediately called the police, Amarin TV said. When the police team got to the beach they found that the box was lying […]
Read MoreWith Covid under control holidaymakers flock to Bang Saen beach
CHON BURI Province’s Bang Saen beach turned lively again today (Feb. 26) with tourists flocking there at the start of the long weekend as the coronavirus situation in the country seems to have come under control with today’s daily Covid count being just 45, Amarin TV said. Today’s Makha Bucha holiday saw the road leading […]
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