"Andaman"

Thailands Andaman Sea Nature Reserves were recently included in the Unesco World Heritage Centre’s tentative list after their names were submitted on December 18 last year.

At its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Cabinet discussed the funding required for development projects in six provinces along the Andaman coast.

The 2019-nCoV coronavirus, now deemed an international public health emergency by the World Health Organisation, has resulted in dozens of high-season flights to Thai southern beach resorts cancelled.

Lao Liang and Changkap islands sit on the opposing side of Trang province in southern Thailand, known for the abundance of anemones, gorgonians, and soft corals.

Tourists celebrate Christmas at Khao Lak beach in Phang-nga province where many had lost their lives during the devastating tsunami that hit the Andaman Sea coast on December 26, 2004.

Coral reefs and ecosystems at the world-famous Maya Bay in the Andaman sea have been almost fully revived, but a date for its reopening to tourists has not been set.

More than 120 foreign tourists who were stuck on Koh Racha have returned safely to Phuket ahead of tropical storm Pabuk.

INDONESIA was again hit by a tsunami on Saturday, bringing back memories of Thailand’s trauma 14 years ago, and raising questions about how prepared our schools are for a future disaster.

Known as “The 75 million-year-old shell cemetery”, the mollusk fossil-filled beach at the Andaman coastal province of Krabi is now facing erosion after being damaged by strong currents over the past two years, a senior official at the Hat Noppharat Thara–Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park said on Sunday.

A meeting held at the Phuket City Hall, hosted by Phuket’s Governor Norraphat Plodthong, announced that the southern provinces are planning to boost tourism with "Andaman" branding.

It is being called the “Andaman ring”, new proposed routes connecting Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi with a modern fleet of ferries which the authorities say will cut journey times and help cater for expanding tourism in the region.

An installation of “artificial seaweed” took place at Bang Neang Beach in Takua Pa, led by Phang Nga Vice Governor Pakpoom Intarasuwan on Wednesday.