HUA HIN: September 15, 2022: Thailand expats, tourists and locals look forward to enhanced access to and from Prachuap Khiri Khan with the highly-anticipated launch of twice-weekly direct flights between Hua Hin (HHQ) and Phuket (HKT). According to an announcement in June, as reported by the Royal Coast Review, the initiative, which “is not coming…
Month: September 2022
Sustained Covid measures urged for food delivery service
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: September 14: Don’t expect to have any googly-eyed, intimate moments with your beloved Thai food delivery person any time soon. The Prachuap Khiri Khan Public Relations Department (PRD) on its Facebook page asked for sustained cooperation in adhering to the Public Health Department’s strict sanitation measures concerning food businesses, and specifically food…
‘Faster’ refurbished Japanese trains to service Hua Hin from October
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Starting this October, getting to Hua Hin from Bangkok by train could get quicker, as the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is planning to trial service with its recently acquired refurbished Japanese diesel trains. Hua Hin is one of three special trial routes planned to usher tourists to and from Bangkok; the…
Chonburi ‘Sharks’ sink teeth into Prachuap’s ‘Killer Wasps’: Thai Football
CHONBURI, THAILAND: September 10: PT Prachuap FC were unable to overcome their rivals and collect any points from their away match in Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard on Saturday Played to a crowd of 3,992 at the Chonburi UTA Stadium in Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard, the Gameday 5 contest of the 30-match Thai Premier League 2022 season yielded…
Prachuap Governor inspects ‘reopening readiness’ of Dan Singkhon checkpoint
KHLONG WAN, MUEANG: Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Dr. Sathien Charoenruen led a team of officials to inspect the readiness of personnel and facilities in anticipation of reopening Dan Singkhon border checkpoint to cross-border trade and traffic. The Thailand-side border checkpoint – officially named “Dan Singkhon Boundary Post” (ด้านผรมแดนสิขร) – was closed in December 2020 by…
School of ‘false killer whale’ dolphins sited off Prachuap coast
BANG SAPHAN NOI: A school of 38 “false killer whales” – a relatively large species of oceanic dolphin (Latin: Pseudorca crassidens; Thai: Waan Phetchakaad Dum วาฬเพชฌฆาตดำ) – was sited off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan province. The dolphins were reported to be looking for food during the period 24 August to 4 September, 2022….
Longer stays to be granted to boost ‘high season’ tourism
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Starting 1 October, 2022, and effective until 31 March, 2023, tourists from many countries will be offered extended stays in the kingdom as part of a measure to stimulate international tourism during the sixth-month tourism “high season”. The measure, which was proposed by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and approved by Thailand’s…