Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a measure to waive for two months fees paid by visitors for visas on arrival, in a bid to boost a lucrative industry hit by a drop in visitors from China, its biggest market.
The fee of 2,000 baht ($60) will be waived between Dec. 1 and Jan. 31 for travellers from 21 countries, including China, Taiwan, India and …
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A new Absolute Twin Sands Resort & Spa has also opened the opportunity for 180° Wellness to usher in a variety of new therapies, treatments and guest practitioners in our wonderful new wellness space to ensure 180º Wellness grows as one of Thailand’s foremost wellness destinations.
Months of planning and design and we are almost ready to roll out three new phases: the Yoga …
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Looking for a unique adventure tour while staying at one of our Absolute Resorts & Hotels in Phuket? Why not a try a sup tour (that’s stand up paddle board)? Beginners to experienced paddlers are welcome for half day, full day or even overnight tours!
Paddle Phuket is the latest exciting watersport to reach the shores of Phuket. An enjoyable activity, SUP …
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Is the kitchen table set to compete with our first highly-rated restaurant Blue Mango for TripAdvisor award-winning status? It certainly looks this way as we welcomed our first guests to great praise and many return bookings already.
Our lagoon-side Bistro, Rotisserie & Pizzeria, The Kitchen Table, has been leaving mouths watering since we opened earlier this month. Offering a fantastic breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner menu in a more relaxed bistro …
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The Phuket Vegetarian Festival got underway in its traditional style at sunset yesterday evening (Oct 8) as participating shrines across the island raised their Go Teng poles so that the Jade Emperor and the Nine emperor Gods may descend from the heavens.
At Jui Tui Shrine in Phuket Town, one of the main temples of the nine-day festival, local residents and tourists took part …
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The most colourful and vibrant celebration of the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2018, is held from October 9-17. It also coincides with the Nine Emperor Gods Festival.
In accordance with tradition, many religious devotees will strictly adhere to a vegetarian diet to ensure purification of the mind and body. They also traditional abstain from sex and alcohol. The spectacular displays of awe-inspiring religious rituals such as walking on fire, impaling of body parts, piercings, …
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With some of Phuket’s biggest hospitality players in attendance, the very first Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST), one of Thailand’s most popular destinations, set its stall for the future prosperity by signing the “Phuket Pledge”.
The pledge is a commitment by participants to reducing, reusing and recycling single-use plastic in Phuket with the aim to eradicate it in …
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At the inaugural Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST), hotels and tourism groups pledged to establish a model for the sustainable development of Asian islands, with the focus currently on plastic usage and its purported detriments.
The pledge commits stakeholders to reducing, reusing and recycling single-use plastic in Phuket, with the goal of eventually eradicating them in all hotels, as well as to undertaking a youth community education programme to raise grassroots awareness of the problems surrounding plastic …
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Kingdom enhances its evergreen ‘forever cool’ status with multiple ‘Destination of the Year’ honours
Chaophraya River, Bangkok
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is looking to build on its amazing success in racking up awards after a record-breaking haul so far in 2018, when it took home multiple prestigious travel awards including two …
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In an exclusive interview with Impact4All, Bill Barnett, managing director of C9 Hotelworks and Sumi Soorian, development director of the Phuket Hotels Association, offer a sneak preview of the upcoming regional Tourism Sustainability Summit PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism).
Bill and Sumi, what can we expect from this year’s PHIST event?
The one-day event will be held at the JW Marriott Resort …
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