Yearly Archives: 2019
Pattaya reacts to more bad press with tourist-safety meeting
Responding to another wave of tourism-damaging negative publicity overseas, Pattaya’s deputy mayor called in police and bureaucrats to reinforce the need to prevent and...
Minister urges businesses to focus on beauty and food, not on...
SURAT THANI - The Minister of Tourism and Sports has urged Samui island tourism operators to help upgrade the standard of service, to attract...
DIT Director General follows up on product prices
BANGKOK - The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has inspected product prices at Bang Yai Central Market ahead of the New Year Festival to...
5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (AP) — A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists...
Dinosaur Night Run draws 3,500
In a scene straight out of “Jurassic Park”, 3,500 people ran for their lives past ferocious-looking dinosaurs at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden’s first Dinosaur...
Traffic jams cripple Paris as pension strikes halt trains
PARIS (AP) — Paris commuters inched to work Monday through massive traffic jams as strikes against retirement plan changes halted trains and subways for...
Historical documents show Japan’s role in WWII sex slaves
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical...
Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — For decades, the people of Bethlehem have watched tour buses drive up to the Church of the Nativity, disgorge...
Search on for missing kayak with Polish man, Thai companion
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue teams in southern Thailand were searching Monday for a Polish man and a Thai woman who went missing when the...













