By CNN Travel QANTAS held the title of world’s safest airline from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, AirlineRatings said it could find no clear winner and chose to rank its top 20 equally, but once again in 2019 and 2020 Qantas was crowned world’s safest carrier. On some previous occasions, AirlineRatings has chosen its winner
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Eco-friendly firework display at the riverside
HERALDING the entry to 2021 was a dramatic display of 25,000 eco-friendly fireworks made with sticky paper at Iconsiam’s River Park with 1,400-metre length of Chao Phraya River ablaze with the shimmering and magical show. Arranged by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with Iconsiam and other agencies, associations and businesses along the Chao
Read moreWarning issued against deadly grilled blue-ringed octopus
THE Department of Marine and Coastal Resources issued a urgent warning to the public to avoid buying and consuming the venomous blue-ringed octopus as even grilling does not destroy its poison with this coming after a vendor was found selling its skewered meat, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Nov. 30, 2020). The department posted the
Read moreTHAI unveils special New Year blessing flight
WITH the New Year just round the corner Thai Airways International has introduced a special flight to welcome 2021 under the slogan, “fly to receive blessings for the New Year, happy all year round,” Amarin TV reported today (Nov. 27, 2020). This special New Year’s Day flight, TG899, takes passengers on a northern route with
Read moreDoctor warns brides against pinning ears back with glue
A NEW dimension in pre-wedding preparation that is confusing netizens is that some make-up artists are now using glue to pin back prominent ears of a bride for her big day with popular Doctor Panda Lab web page sternly warning against this practice, Amarin TV reported today (Nov. 22, 2020). In the video clip that
Read moreDigital Loy Krathong campaign trending on Thai social media
ATTRACTING a lot of attention and being widely discussed on Thai social media is a hashtagged message to skip physically observing Loy Krathong festival this year and instead join one of various websites arranging for participants to do so digitally, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (Oct. 30, 2020). With this year’s Loy Krathong festival
Read moreFilm-going could ‘become extinct’ warns director
By BBC staff WONDER WOMAN director Patty Jenkins has said that movie-going is facing a real threat of extinction. Her new superhero movie has been delayed three times during the coronavirus pandemic. She is among dozens of top Hollywood directors appealing to the US government to provide a financial lifeline to cinemas. Ms Jenkins’s warning
Read moreSiam Piwat goes green by launching Ecotopia
ADAPTING to the reality of new normal triggered the Covid-19 pandemic is Siam Piwat Company which has just launched Ecotopia on the third floor of Siam Discovery – The Exploratorium and claims it is the first and the biggest eco-lifestyle destination in Asia. This new addition followed the realization that coronavirus has heightened awareness
Read moreEscape to a waterfall close to Bangkok
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com WOULDN’T IT be good if you had a chance to sleep in a tent near a waterfall and chill out as you listen to the stream flow by? Just thinking about it would make you want to go to one such place and Sanook Travel has just the ideal spot to
Read moreFlood of donations for starving young man
HELP poured in for a starving jobless young man who only had 5 baht in his pocket and was on the verge of collapsing as he walked down a Pattaya road looking for a job after he plucked up courage to ask someone for help, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 18, 2020). Not only did
Read moreUN: ‘We essentially cook ourselves’ if we don’t fix air conditioning
By Dharna Noor, Gizmodo.com A NEW United Nations report shows why it’s crucial to clean up air conditioning. In fact, the authors found that switching over to energy-efficient and climate-friendly air conditioning units could save the world up to 460 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the course of the next 40 years. For
Read moreHead of Phaya Naga found near cave
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com THE EXCITING discovery of the Naga Cave at Phu Lanka National Park in Bueng Kan province with stones in them that look very much like the body of Phaya Naga, a semi-divine serpent-like creature, has now become even more thrilling with the discovery of its head, Sanook.com reported today (July 13,
Read moreWildlife team thrilled at filming healthy leopard, panther at national park
KLONG Lan National Park officials together with World Wildlife Fund Thailand shared hard to capture images and a video clip of a leopard and a panther at this forest in Kamphaeng Phet province as it indicates that both the animals living there and the forest itself are in healthy condition, Naewna newspaper reported yesterday (July
Read moreControversial Phuket restaurant bill goes viral in Thai social media
A SOCIAL media storm arose today (July 8) after a Facebook member wrote about what he says is a steep price charged by a Phuket restaurant with some people siding with the restaurateur while the others the patron, PostToday and Sanook.com reported this afternoon (July 8, 2020). What particularly annoyed this Facebook member, who sent
Read moreTourists stuck in 5km tailback on Koh Chang
TOURISTS who drove to eastern Trat province and then took a ferry to cross over to beautiful Koh Chang island over the weekend found themselves stuck in a five-kilometre-long tailback today (July 5) on their return journey, Naewna newspaper reported. A lot of tourists checked out of their hotels bright and early and headed to
Read morePattaya lifeless as majority of Thai tourists stay away
DESPITE the four-day long weekend stretching from today, July 4, till Tuesday July 7 being well underway, Pattaya beach only managed to attract a few Thai tourists with the expected liveliness not materializing, PostToday reported. This failure to attract a large number of Thai vacationers occurred despite Pattaya having joined the Tourism Authority of Thailand
Read moreNever seen before discounts at posh Phang Nga resorts
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com PHANG NGA province, which is right next door to Phuket island, is inviting all its friends to pack their bags and come over for a superior travel experience at premium resorts at great value, Sanook.com reported today (July 4, 2020). Phang Nga is renowned for its spectacular beauty, particularly Phang Nga
Read moreFishermen free three giant whale sharks
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com A FISHERMAN and his crew from Satun province safely released three huge whale sharks that had got entangled in their fishing nets after which they quickly swam off into the open sea, Sanook.com reported yesterday (June 30). Mr Navin Manakitsomboon or Tai Ball, 37, steersman of Por Chok Praphon 1 trawler
Read moreJuly 27 declared a special public holiday in lieu of Songkran
THE CABINET today approved Monday July 27 as a special holiday to compensate for the cancelled Songkran holidays in April leading to a four-day long weekend from July 25 to July 28, PostToday and Naewna newspapers reported this afternoon (June 30). Tuesday July 28 is already a holiday to mark His Majesty the King’s Birth
Read moreKhao Yai reopening on July 1, but only 5,000 visitors a day
THE popular Khao Yai National Park is gearing up to reopen again on July 1 after closure to tourism to prevent the spread of coronavirus but officials are still being very careful and limiting the number of tourists to only 5,000 a day, PostToday reported this afternoon (June 26, 2020). The number of officials has
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