Phuket voted 8th among world top 10 islands
- September 28, 2016
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PHUKET: Phuket has won eighth place among the world’s top 10 islands in the latest reader survey conducted by travel review website TripAdvisor. Phuket was described by TripAdvisor as an island with “blue lagoons and salmon sunsets [that] make for…
Live in Phuket, work abroad
- September 24, 2016
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Family Homes in demand There is a growing trend in Phuket for more and more Expats within SE Asia to relocate their families here whilst commuting to work in Major cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong, KL, and Bangkok. Phuket’s…
Phuket: 6.4 million arrivals in 2015 as Thailand basks in strong travel sentiment
- September 21, 2016
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PHUKET, Thailand – One of Asia’s prime resort destinations – Phuket – has experienced a sustained upward growth cycle that has seen passenger arrivals nearly double over the past five years. As Teflon Thailand has experienced it’s ups and downs…
Phuket set to be Thailand’s first smart city!
- September 17, 2016
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Phuket will be turned into an innovation-driven smart city this year in a pilot project to promote digital-related investment and further development of the tourism industry. The move is part of the government’s digital economy policy, said Jeerawan Boonperm, chairwoman…
TAT forecasts 2016 Russian rebound
- September 14, 2016
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The number of Russian tourist arrivals is expected to bounce back by mid-2016, as Russia’s economy will bottom out soon, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). The Russian economy has been in recession,worsened by trade sanctions by Western countries, with the rouble…
Thailand named Best Country in the World for Holiday by Ultratravel Middle East readers
- September 10, 2016
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Dubai, UAE, 10 December, 2015 – Thailand was named the Best Country in the World for Holiday in 2015, according to a survey with more than a thousand respondents conducted by Ultratravel Middle East Magazine. Thailand bested out Australia, the…
Billions to become Asean digital-business hub
- September 7, 2016
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PHUKET: A 10-billion-baht digital real estate project was revealed this week, as the private sector prepares to team up with government agencies in order to draw big name technology companies – such as Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Samsung and Facebook –…
Phuket high-end properties bounce back, at twice the price
- September 3, 2016
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PHUKET: Prices of new “super prime” properties launched in Phuket this year show an increase of 120 per cent compared with similar ultra-high-end properties launched between 2007 and 2011, reports Knight Frank (Thailand). Selling prices of new super prime projects…
