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Thailand has officially opened the party island of Phuket to vaccinated international tourists, no quarantine required
Thailand's reopening of Phuket is a big moment for tourism in Southeast Asia, where most countries …
Lina Batarags
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Thailand has sealed off the island of Phuket from the rest of the country just 30 days after opening it to tourists without quarantine
Hospitals in Thailand are on the brink of collapse and COVID-19 patients are being moved to sleeper…
Lina Batarags
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Inside Thailand's grand plan to reopen its top party island, Phuket, to all vaccinated tourists on July 1
The "Phuket Sandbox" scheme is designed to draw 129,000 vaccinated tourists into Thailand by the en…
Lina Batarags
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Thailand is enticing tourists back to its beaches by allowing travelers to quarantine aboard yachts
The country previously announced it would allow travelers to complete quarantines at golf resorts.
Julie Gerstein
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Turtles, sharks return to Thai coasts in absence of tourists
Rare sea turtles and reef sharks are some of the endangered species that have been sighted in recen…
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A tourism video painting the Philippines as a glorious holiday destination was exposed for using random stock footage of tourist spots in Bali and Dubai
The video was part of the government's $900,000 "Love The Philippines" tourism campaign that was la…
Amanda Goh
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Thailand's top resort island is hatching a plan to bring back vaccinated tourists by October - and it doesn't involve a quarantine on arrival
Phuket, Thailand's largest island and a major tourism hub, plans to vaccinate 70% of its residents …
Katie Warren
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A disturbing image of an elephant with a deformed spine shows the brutal toll that tourist rides can have
Years of hard labor can deform elephants' backs, according to Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand …
Marianne Guenot
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Thailand rolls out new tourism incentives to revive Covid-hit economy
Thailand is mulling on new tourism incentives to revive its Covid-19 pandemic-battered economy, bet…
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Thailand just made it legal to grow and trade marijuana, becoming the first country in Asia to do so
But you won't be welcome in the country if you want to smoke a joint there, Health Minister Anutin …
Matthew Loh
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I'm a travel writer, TV host, and DJ living in Bangkok, Thailand. Here's my ultimate guide to visiting the city.
Insider's travel guide to Bangkok, Thailand, includes where to stay, what to eat, activities, trans…
Barbara Woolsey
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I've lived in Bangkok for years and think it's a challenging city to navigate. Here's what any visitor should know about its airports, boats, and trains.
Read up on the best options for getting to and around Bangkok, Thailand, from airports to river boa…
Barbara Woolsey
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Hotels in St Petersburg told to offer noodle stations as part of Russia's plan to lure more Chinese tourists
Authorities in St Petersburg, Russia's second-biggest city, plan training programs on how to "work …
Stephanie Stacey
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You can kiss your 4-star Thailand vacation goodbye — and that's a good thing
Five-star hotels across Thailand are dropping their nightly rates as low as $118. With prices like …
Lina Batarags
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I lived in Thailand for 3 months. The quiet beaches and plentiful amenities make it a remote worker's paradise.
Meagan Drillinger says the trip was peaceful with fewer tourists than usual and the strong WiFi in …
Meagan Drillinger
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I flew to one of Thailand's biggest party streets 2 years after it went dark during the pandemic. What I found was an island on the brink of rebirth.
The #Banglaroad hashtag offers a pretty good sense of what you can expect: bright lights, small out…
Lina Batarags
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The missing Titanic tourist sub is total nightmare fuel, provoking our deepest fears about a loss of control. It also reveals humanity's capability for holding out hope.
Details of the five missing passengers on the Titan submersible are terrifying, yet we can't seem t…
Hannah Getahun,Erin Snodgrass
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In Thailand, a train cuts directly through a busy market 8 times a day these TikTokers captured the chaotic moment on film
Laura Perruchon and François Gautier traveled to Bangkok and filmed an aerial view of a train passi…
Charissa Cheong
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Thailand sealed the island of Phuket off from the rest of the country to keep COVID-19 cases down - but it also separated families who don't know when they'll be able to reconnect
"Right now, we can't go anywhere outside the island," one restaurant worker said. "And I just can't…
Jason Shueh
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Phuket, Thailand, reopened to vaccinated travelers on July 1. It has revealed split reactions among locals: Pride in their island - and fear for its future.
On the first day of Phuket Sandbox, flights touched down in the Thai island from Israel, the UAE, Q…