PHUKET: A family holiday to Phuket has left a 17-year-old trapped in a hotel room for five days waiting for confirmation on whether or not he is a ‘Green’ COVID patient and allowed to move to a ro
PHUKET: A family holiday to Phuket has left a 17-year-old trapped in a hotel room for five days waiting for confirmation on whether or not he is a ‘Green’ COVID patient and allowed to move to a ro
PHUKET: A family holiday to Phuket has left a 17-year-old trapped in a hotel room for five days waiting for confirmation on whether or not he is a ‘Green’ COVID patient and allowed to move to a ro
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.
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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 Bryde’s whales have been making an appearance.
PHUKET: Marine life experts have again been called in to investigate a mass of red sea urchins washing ashore Patong Beach after more than 1,000 of the spiny creatures were left on the sand at Patong