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Koh Hong, Than Bokkhorani National Park 2008-02-23 04:44:15 The Tourism Training Network Division, Product Promotion Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), cooperated with Than Bokkhorani National
Park, Ao Luek District, Krabi Province, in the survey of the Than Bokkhorani National Park
on 16-17 December 2007. This aimed at collecting data on tourism marketing, its potential and difficulties. After that, the data were analysed in order to obtain
TIMELESS BEAUTY SECRETS 2008-01-21 10:09:55 For travellers in pursuit of relaxing health holidays, Thailand is a unique wellness destination featuring dozens of first-class spas and wellness retreats that offer a vast range of pampering, beauty and body treatments stemming from age-old health and beauty traditions from around Asia and beyond. Visitors to Thailand can experience a plethora of unusual spa
Green Leaf Spa 2008-01-05 11:47:10 Green Leaf Spa From 59 USD Green Leaf Spa introduces to Thailand the successful practices and therapeutic focus of America and European day spas. The luxurious, specious design and the friendly ambience conveys a warm home – like atmosphere in which guests may enjoy a full range of spa and salon treatments.
The spa offers special prices for Read more:Green
The Thai Spa Association 2008-01-05 11:44:34 The Thai Spa Association has joined together with the TAT to promote spa and wellness packages in Thailand. The various packages, which are being listed at www.thailandwonders.com, include stand-alone treatments, multi-night packages, and some medical procedures such as Lasik surgery. The website provides an excellent pre-planning opportunity for visitors wanting to see what treatments await. For
Phuket Carnival Nov 1-3 2008-01-01 20:02:34 What it's all about Celebrating the onset of Phuket's 'high season', the busiest tourist season, this festival takes place at the island's most frequented beachfront area. Here you will be entertained by colourful street parades and can partake in beach volleyball or beach football competitions, a mini-marathon, various Read more:Carnival
Hands Bangkok Countdown 2008 @ CentralWorld 2008-01-01 20:01:56 About HandsBangkokCountdown
2008
Bidding farewell to the old year while greeting New Year is a festive practice significantly embraced by people around the world as it’s the last biggest event of the year that leads to a fresh beginning. Hands Bangkok Countdown 2008 is designed to be an international symbol of the celebrations for Thais and visitors. Bangkok is a center of tourism in
The Countdown begins...Phuket King’s Cup Regatta 2007 2007-10-21 11:18:14 This Year’s Races Held in Honor of His Majesty’s 80th Birthday
The 2007 Phuket King’s Cup Regatta is gearing up for another strong showing from the world’s racing community with high profile confirmations coming in and the list growing every day. This year’s event, from December 1 to 8, will be held to celebrate His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 80th Birthday. Another exciting year of races is Read more:Countdown
Top 10 island spas in southwest Thailand 2007-10-13 22:10:03 Feel the warmth of the sand beneath your feet as we tip-toe through some of Thailand
's more secluded island retreatsdelphine lignieres
I like many others, have always dreamt of stumbling across an undiscovered desert island where I could live a simple existence for a while, a hermit's life in paradise. No stressing phone calls, no emails, nothing. Just myself and the blazing sunshine, the powdery
Phuket goes Vegetarian 2007-10-12 11:57:55 Gin je mai (Are you eating vegetarian?), is the latest strain on the streets of Phuket. The Phuket vegetarian festival which officially started on 11 October, has taken over the island. Preparations for the festival began days before the official opening, with some stall owners having begun to sell their vegan goodies a day or two before.
Now that the festival is officially underway, Thai people Read more:Vegetarian
Vegetarian festivities underway 2007-10-10 09:04:12 Thousands gather at Jui Tui shrine in Phuket City for the pole raising ceremony before the Vegetarian
Festival.
PHUKET CITY: Thousands of people gathered at Chinese shrines around Phuket today to participate in pole-raising ceremonies before for the Vegetarian Festival, which starts in earnest tomorrow.
Permanent Secretary for Interior Pongpayom Wasaputi joined the crowds dressed in white at
Swatch-FIVB World Tour action returns to Phuket 2007-10-04 08:37:56 31 October - 4 November 2007Karon Beach, Phuket
PHUKET 2007 - After staging women’s FIVB Challenger/Satellite events in Pattaya (2001), Bangkok (2005) and Phuket (2005), followed by its first World
Tour stop last year, Thailand continues its tradition in 2007 with the final stop on the women's calendar. The 2005 Phuket stop served as a prelude to the 2006 season-finale where the competition Read more:Swatch
Vegetarian Festival 2007 parade routes announced 2007-10-02 12:42:32 PHUKET CITY: Traffic Police have co-ordinated with representatives from the nine major Chinese shrines in Phuket City that will stage parades during the upcoming VegetarianFestival
, to be held from October 11 to 19, in order to announce the parade routes
for each shrine.
Lt Col Theerawat Liamsuwan explained that the nine major shrines staging parades are:
- Kuan Te Kun Shrine (Sapam Shrine),
GREEN FINS, Eco-friendly Diving in Thailand 2007-09-24 09:42:14 An interview with Niphon Phongsuwan,
Project Leader, Green Fins Project
Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, Thailand
Thailand welcomes over 550,0001 dive tourists each year and is home to over 80,000 certified divers of its own. Dive tourism in Thailand has increased by more than twenty-fold from 25,000 divers2 in 1985.
THE GREEN FINS PROGRAMME
Thailand joins The Philippines in being Read more:Diving
Diving around Koh Phuket 2007-09-22 22:38:49 Koh Phuket is the largest dive centre in Thailand and the main base for liveaboards heading for destinations in the Andaman Sea. There are a few good dive sites around the immediate coastline of Phuket Island itself, since the marine life and visibility have been heavily affected by offshore tin-dredging operations.
Conditions improve considerably around the outcrops, islets and islands off the Read more:Diving
Amazing Thailand 2007-09-22 01:58:27 Thailand is not a “dive your brains out, get the T-shirt and go home” kind of destination. In fact, the diving, as satisfying as it is, is only one facet of this amazing country. The best way to experience it is to allow some time for land tours once you’ve logged your dives.
A visit to a Buddhist temple will serve as an introduction to Thai culture, even for those who aren’t into architecture, Read more:Thailand
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Ground breaking bask for boat park 2007-09-19 11:06:21 ROYAL Phuket Marina's phase 2 development was officially launched at a round breaking ceremony, late last month, attended by island's governor, Narin Kalayanmit, and the marina's owner and developer, Gulu Lalvani. Located on the sheltered east coast of the island, the marina's phase two features an Aquamininum condo with private internal yacht berths incorporated into the design and a collection
Dancing with Whale Sharks 2007-09-15 10:38:17 Family name : Rhincodotidae (called Rhinodontes before 1984)
Order name : Orectoloboformes
Common name : Whale
shark
Scientific name : Rhincodon typus
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow filter feeding shark that is the largest living fish species. The shark is found in tropical and warm oceans and lives in the open sea. The species is believed to have originated about 60 million years Read more:Dancing
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Indonesian government calls off tsunami warning 2007-09-13 12:16:15 Quake felt in Bangkok many people called in the Nation's newsroom to check what happened.
Bangkok, Jakarta - The Indonesian
government has called off a tsunamiwarning
after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Indonesia's Java and Sumatra islands on Wednesday evening.Officials at the Jakarta Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said they withdrew the warning because too much time had passed Read more:calls
Watching out for the Reef : Coral Conservation Guide for Divers 2007-09-13 07:33:02 Many divers may have unintentionally destroyed corals while diving.
Here are a few guidelines of how to avoid doing so.
• Use correct amount of weights to aid in your buoyancy.
• Control your fins; keep them away from the reefs and avoid kicking sand onto the corals
• Do not pick organic objects (dead or alive) from the sea. Likewise, please do not buy shells or other decorative products made Read more:Watching
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, Conservation
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Chumphon Pinnacles (North West of Koh Tao) 2007-09-10 23:03:09 Location : About 5km. northwest of Nang Yuan.
Depth : Average 20m. / Maximum 36m.
This is Koh Tao's most impressive site, and certainly one of the most popular. Divers revisiting the island always enquire as to when the earliest scheduled trip to Chumphon Pinnacles is!
The site consists of 4 interconnected underwater pinnacles which tower up form around 34m; the highest peaks are 16m. Below the Read more:North
Koh Dok Mai, Phuket 2007-09-09 02:33:14 Koh Dok Mai Reef Basics: Small islet and wall diving
Depth: 5 - 30m
Visibility: 5 - 20m
Currents: Usually strong
Surface Conditions: Calm
Water Temperature: 27 - 30°C
Experience Level: Intermediate
Diving Season: All year round
Distance: ~15 km east of Phuket (1 hour)
Access: Diving day tours from Phuket Thailand
The name means Flower Island in Thai and this diving site must be named for
Diving with Whale shark at Koh Chang, Thailand 2007-09-06 14:04:34 In the country's easternmost province of Trat, the Mu Koh Chang
Marine National Park comprises 52 islands scattered along the coastline close to the Kampuchean border. Estsblidhed in 1982, it covers just over 650 sq.km. and is one of Thailand
's least visited national parks. Koh Chang is the second largest island in Thailand, with a footprint covering 240sq.km.
Blanketed in almost impenetrable Read more:Diving
, Whale
International superyacht brokers to descend on Phuket 2007-09-06 09:11:16 PHUKET: Yacht Crews Ltd of Thailand (YCL) will host 10 international superyacht brokers from around the world on a fact-finding visit to Phuket, the Gazette learned today from Khun Thidarat Pimson, Managing Director of YCL.
K. Thidarat has organized a four-day tour of the Phuket-Phi Phi-Krabi area aboard the motor yacht Taipan, a 172-foot superyacht managed by Emerald Yachts of Florida, USA Read more:International
Richelieu Rock , Mu Koh Surin 2007-09-04 17:58:15 Richelieu Rock Reef Basics:
Great for: Large animals, small animals, underwater photography, dive value-for-money and advanced divers
Not so Great for: Wrecks, beginner divers, snorkelling, non-diving activities
Depth: 5 - 35m
Visibility: 15 - 35m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface Conditions: Can be rough
Water Temperature: 26 - 29°C
Experience Level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive
Diving with Manta Rays 2007-09-04 16:52:12 Family name: Myliobatidae, subfamily Mobulinae
Order name: Batoides
Common name: Mantaray
Scientific name: Manta Birostris (Dondorff, 1798)
The Spanish word for blanket is 'manta' and aptly describes the unique spherical body shape of this animal. Also known as "devil ray" with graceful pectoral 'wings', manta rays are easily recognised by their paddle-like cephalic lobes projecting forward from Read more:Diving
Imperial Health and Spa 2008-03-12 12:58:52 Enjoy the exotic Thai way to relax your body and soul at the Imperial Spa. Be charmed by the touch of Imperial Massage, unique vapor of the essential oils and beautiful services of our professional staffs. Imperial Spa has developed a concept of high level Thai traditional soothing signature treatments, where guests can enjoy all of the prestigious pleasure and the extravagant ambience of Read more:Health
Ao Phra Nang Beach,Krabi, Thailand 2008-03-08 14:04:57 Often cited as “Phuket 10 years ago,” the beach resorts surrounding the Thai port town of Krabi remain, for the time being, far less trodden than those of its famous island neighbor, some 100 miles to the west. Accessible only by long-tail boat from Krabi or from the more frequented beach resort of Ao Nang, the far-flung headland of Laem Phra Nang, or Railay (also called Rai Leh) Beach
, is our Read more:Thailand
Splashing blessings on everyone in sight 2008-04-12 23:05:17 The Thai New Year (Thai: สงกรานต์ Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. It is also celebrated in Laos (called pi mai lao or 'Lao New Year' in Lao), Cambodia, Myanmar (where it is called Thingyan), and by the Dai people in Yunnan, China. Sri Lanka also celebrates a similar festival called Sinhalese and Tamil New Year on the same dates. The same date is celebrated widely Read more:everyone
Koh Yao noi, Home Stay & Community-Based Tourism 2008-04-16 03:47:54 Images by Sathit Buathet, Copyright Or Sor Tor
In a world full of stress and conflict, it is no wonder that leisure time and peace of mind have become the two most valued lifestyle elements. At a small, award-winning home stay project on an idyllic island in southern Thailand, visitors from all around the world are finding both in plentiful supply.
Seeking refuge from the cut-throat intensity Read more:Tourism
Diving with 'Nemo' 2008-05-04 12:00:01 Family name: Pomacentridae
Order name: Perciformes
Common name: Clownfish / clown anemonefish
Scientific name: Amphiprion percula
Clownfish are native to wide ranges of the warm waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, including Andaman Sea. The clownfish feeds on undigested matter which otherwise potentially could harm the sea anemone, and the faecal matter from the clownfish provides nutrient Read more:Diving
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