Get an exclusive private service of a bamboo tattoo by a revered master Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel is offering travellers a hard to come by opportunity to get inked and incensed by one of Thailand’s most famous bamboo tattoo masters, Ajarn Neng Onnut. Anantara Siam is the only hotel in the Kingdom that offers this exclusive private service by the revered master. A bamboo tattoo, formally called Sak Yant, is one of the world’s most ancient and sacred traditions and is expertly engraved into the skin entirely by hand using a traditional Khem Sak – a handcrafted metal rod designed to replicate the shape of a bamboo stick, that is often passed down to an Ajarn, meaning master in Thai, by their own master. The practise has become increasingly popular with foreig...
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# Over 4 million searches to Thailand on Wego in 2023 # Thailand is expecting an exceptional 300% increase in growth for the summer holiday season in July-August 2023 Wego, the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has joined hands with Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote and enhance tourism in the captivating country. This collaboration aims to leverage Wego's extensive reach and advanced travel technology to provide travelers with an exceptional experience while exploring Thailand. By combining their expertise, Wego and the Tourism Authority of Thailand strive to create a seamless and convenient platform that showcases the country's rich cultural heritage, stunning landscapes, and vibrant cities. Through this partnership,...
Read MoreOUTRIGGER Khao Lak Beach Resort at Phuket in Thailand has gathered three leading guest satisfaction accolades in the last few weeks. Tourists travelling with HolidayCheck have praised the resort which has earned the accolade “Recommended on HolidayCheck 2023”. HolidayCheck enables package travel reviews and bookings in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, under the HolidayCheck brand. Booking.com has also awarded the resort 9 out of 10 in its Traveller Review Awards 2023. The resort also earned a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Winner Award 2023. “Our hosts work hard to make guests feel special,” said Sujittra Rongmuang, Resort Manager of the OUTRIGGER Khao Lak Beach Resort. “When visiting families and couples experience our OUTRIGGER Way service standards, combined with ou...
Read MoreA proposal by Thailand's election-winning Move Forward party to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic a year after it was made legal is sowing panic in an industry that is projected to be worth up to $1.2 billion over the next few years. Thousands of businesses have sprung up since the legalisation of the consumption and growing of the drug, with numerous shops in Bangkok and other tourist areas offering "Best Buds" to delighted tourists and Thai smokers. But now the prospect of a new government rolling back the free-wheeling market is making business owners like Netnapa Singsatit nervous. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen in front of the RG420 cannabis store, at Khaosan Road, one of the favourite tourist spots in Bangkok, Thailand, July 31, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha "Tax cannab...
Read MoreFour times a day, Thai conservationist Watchiradol Phangpanya puts on a black, long-sleeved shirt, red gloves, and a red balaclava, hoping to imitate an endangered red-headed vulture feeding its baby. The pinkish chick, covered in white fuzz that will turn into black feathers as it grows, is the first red-headed, or Asian king vulture, to be bred in Asia and only the second in the world. Watchiradol and his colleagues at the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo in northeast Thailand want to ensure any hatchling bred in captivity does not imprint on humans so they will be better prepared for eventual release into the wild. "It's necessary ... to disguise ourselves as a bird, thereby leading them to see us as closest to what their parents would look like," Watchiradol said, adding that it's the b...
Read MoreIllusions Koh Samui takes place six nights a week in a purpose-built 71-seat theatre at Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resort A new world-class magic show has been unveiled in the holiday island of Koh Samui, Thailand. The Illusions Theatre magic show will take place six nights a week in a purpose-built 71-seat air conditioned show theatre within the newly opened Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resort on Lamai Beach. From Monday to Saturday, starting 17 April, there will be two shows nightly: a 7pm show for the whole family, and a 9pm show for adults only. Each show lasts an hour with a 15 minute interval. Resident magician of Illusions Theatre, Ed Clarke, says the 7pm family experience combines a perfect balance of visual magic, mind reading and illusions that the entire family will ...
Read MoreTens of thousands of revellers, including hordes of foreign tourists sporting floral shirts and plastic water guns, descended on the streets of Bangkok on Thursday for the biggest traditional new year gathering since the pandemic. Festivities for Songkran, a much-loved Thai festival sometimes described as the world's largest water fight, had been muted or barred for the past few years due mainly to COVID-19 restrictions. Locals and tourists play with water as they celebrate the Songkran holiday which marks the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, April 13. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa But as travellers now return to Thailand, the key tourism sector is helping revive Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. Revellers - many of them soaked to the skin - walked through a half-kilome...
Read MoreSongkran is a time for blessings, for new beginnings, but also riotous fun. Its multi-day water fights are world famous, and no city does them better than Chiang Mai. Anantara offers the perfect location from which to enjoy the festivities – close to the centre of the action, yet a quiet place to retreat to in between water fights. Anantara Chiang Mai Resort is located on the western bank of the Ping River, just five minutes’ drive from Tha Pae Gate, the centre of Chiang Mai’s Songkran festivities. With verdant lawns, the resort is ideal for family play. Immersing guests in the richness of Songkran traditions, there will be Buddha bathing, or song nam phra, at the lobby between the 12th and 15th April. Feasting comes in the form of an on-site temple fair on the evening of ...
Read MoreOn any given day in Thailand's Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks cruise in the cyan shallows while about 4,000 tourists visit its white-sand beach flanked by towering cliffs. Shark numbers have improved since almost every last one was driven from the bay by the influx of tour boats and tourists keen to see the uninhabited idyll that was made famous as the set of Leonardo Di Caprio's 2000 thriller "The Beach". The sharks returned after a tourism ban and the COVID-19 pandemic between 2018 and 2022 halted all visitors to the bay. Tourists watch a newborn blacktip reef shark at the beach of Maya Bay in Phi Phi Island National Park, on Phi Phi Leh Island, Krabi province, Thailand, February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva Authorities allowed limited tourism to resume in 2022, an...
Read MoreBDMS Wellness Clinic Retreat – a world-class wellness centre from the award-winning Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS) nestled amid the grounds of Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort – has launched a new package specially designed to help families unwind and rebalance in a lush riverside setting while reconnecting with each other. Available for stays of three consecutive nights or longer, the new Family Wellness Package focuses on promoting mindfulness and connectedness through shared activities such as family yoga, Muay Thai classes and healing spa experiences for both parents and children, as well as fostering the spirit of adventure and discovery with guided canal excursions and hands-on cooking classes with Anantara’s master chefs. The package also ensures parents and child...
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