Tourists staying at Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) on Thailand’s island of Koh Samet have been evacuated as the bay turned black from an oil spill over the weekend. Authorities estimated that around 5,000 ...

Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park in Rayong has opened for overnight stays for tourists, however, other attractions in the park are still closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The national ...

Thai sailors have joined the battle to clean up an oil spill which damaged a popular tourist beach on an island in the Gulf of Thailand. The oil spill hit Ao Phrao beach on Koh Samet on Sunday night.

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A picture postcard beach on one of Thailand’s most popular tourist islands is now the focus of frantic efforts to staunch a tide of oil sweeping ashore. Where pleasure seekers would normally relax on ...

As we arrive at the exclusive five-star beach resort on the southern tip of Koh Samet a young security guard approaches us and asks us where we think we are going. We tell him that we want to go to Ao ...

An oil spill that prompted evacuations from one of Thailand’s most popular tourist spots threatens the country’s tourism and fishing industries, Thailand’s deputy prime minister has warned, amid ...

Thailand has been facing some of the worst coronavirus crises since the very beginning of the outbreak back in early 2020. Mid-April was the start of widespread infections in Bangkok that has been ...