Phuket Province

Smoking on the Beach in Thailand is Now Fined with USD 3000

Smokers who violate the smoking ban on 20 of Thailand's most popular tourist beaches will be fined USD 3,000 or will be imprisoned for up to one year, reports bgnes. 

The ban, which comes into force in November, follows the cleaning of nearly 140,000 cigarette buds from an area of 2.5 kilometers from the famous Patong Beach on Phuket Island.

Turkish Airlines to start direct Istanbul-Phuket flights

Turkish Airlines will in the summer start flights to the Thai island of Phuket, a world leading tourist spot, the company's manager in Thailand said on May 23.      

The company's executive in Thailand, Abdullah Ahmet Tuğcu, told journalists that the first flight to Phuket from Istanbul will be on July 17.      

Outrageous luxury hotels to open soon

If you have ever dreamed of sleeping underwater or on a bed bobbing over a crystalline sea, then get ready for these outrageous luxury hotels which are the future of tourism industry.

They are still under construction and due to open in the coming years, as CNN reports.

Shimao Wonderland InterContinental (Shanghai, China)