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Phi Phi national park closes for 13 days over COVID Phi Phi national park closes for 13 days over COVID PHUKET: The Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Koh Phi Phi national park has closed for 13 days, from today (May 5), to control the spread of COVID-19, confirmed the park chief Prayoon Pongphan.  Wednesday 5 May 2021, 10:09AM Image: TAT “The number of infected cases in many areas, including Krabi, is increasing. From the disease investigation, it was found that this cluster is from an entertainment venue and a gathering of people in high-risk areas,” Mr Prayoon said in the announcement last nigh...

/ Posted on 26 April, 2021 15:47 Collective Hospitality, the owner and operator of Slumber Party Hostels (SHG), Path and Socialtel brands, has acquired Bodega Hostels, making it the largest hostel company in South-east Asia and fourth largest globally. Following the acquisition, SHG now operates 25 properties and more than 2,500 beds across Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia. Acquisition of Bodega Hostels brings SHG’s total number of properties across South-east Asia to 25 Established in 2013, Bodega Hostels operates nine hostels in key tourist markets including two in Bangkok, two in Chiang ...

When Lauren Hollyoak got her first tattoo her mum was so angry she asked: “Who will marry you now?” “I was 16 and it was a seahorse on my back,” she laughs. “I smarty answered mum back that I would marry a tattoo artist.” Incredibly, a decade later, she did exactly that. In 2004, not long after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that wreaked havoc across South-East Asia, Lauren, a diving instructor, had travelled to the island of Koh Phi Phi off Thailand's Andaman Coast as a volunteer to help with clean-up efforts. There, she met Keng Timsuwan, who had been working on ...

Edited by Lisa Minot 2 Apr 2021, 22:00 WITH the tourists gone from Thailand’s film-set islands of Khao Phing Kan and Koh Phi Phi, the marine life has been enjoying a valuable rest from humanity’s effects. Acres of new coral growth have been recorded and there are almost daily sightings of dolphins, blacktip reef sharks and dugongs — part of the manatee family. 6 Phuket province is set to be Thailand’s first holiday region to reopen to foreign travellers with vaccinated holidaymakers from low-risk countries welcome to visit from July 1Credit: Getty Even rarely-seen whale sharks and Bry...