Rapid development and burgeoning tourist numbers on the Thai island of Phuket are resulting in increasing problems with rubbish, threatening the pristine beaches. More than 1,000 tonnes of waste ...

PHUKET, Thailand, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island ...

But right in the middle of the island, in Phuket’s charming but neglected ... Hat Yai-style fried chicken. The salty, savory, fragrant dish is most likely going to be tasty even if you ...

Phuket, Thailand's largest island, has undergone rapid development due to its tourism sector, a major driver of the Thai economy as a whole. Of the country's 35.5 million foreign arrivals in 2024 ...

Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a tourist hotspot better known ...

PHUKET, Thailand – Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a tourist hotspot ...