Rapid development and burgeoning tourist numbers on the Thai island of Phuket are resulting in increasing problems with rubbish, threatening the pristine beaches. More than 1,000 tonnes of waste ...
PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll on the sea floor in the waters around Phuket in southern Thailand, while ever more garbage piles up on the island itself, a ...
Phuket, Thailand's largest island, has undergone rapid development due to its tourism sector, a major driver of the Thai economy as a whole. Of the country's 35.5 million foreign arrivals in 2024 ...