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Siam Piwat — the name behind Siam Paragon and ICONSIAM — has unveiled ICONPHUKET, a THB 10 billion destination in Thalang opening in 2029: its first major project outside Bangkok in 67 years, with 40% green space and a stage for makers from all 14 southern provinces.
Lawa Yai in Ao Phang Nga National Park has received ISO 13009:2015 recognition for beach management, a small-island story about thoughtful paths, clear care, and gentler days by the sea.
A short boat ride inside Ao Phang Nga National Park now carries an extra reason to smile: Lawa Yai has earned ISO 13009:2015 recognition for beach and visitor care. Here’s what that means for travellers who love clear water, quiet sand, and thoughtful Andaman stewardship.
The Similan Islands finished a strong 2026 visitor season, then began their annual monsoon pause — a hopeful rhythm that helps travellers plan better and lets the marine park prepare beautifully for its next opening.
A leatherback sea turtle nicknamed Mae Namo has laid her sixth nest of the season on a Phang Nga beach — a remarkable milestone for Thailand's most endangered sea turtle, and a testament to the coastline's growing culture of care.
On June 30, the Andaman Sea's three-month commercial fishing closure ends — and the trawlers, squid boats, and crab traps that have been waiting at port return to a coastline that spent the past ninety days quietly rebuilding itself.
When 500 officers swept Phuket, Phang Nga, and Krabi on 20 June seizing ฿1.05 billion in nominee-held assets, they did more than make arrests — they began naming what had been hiding in the heart of the coast's communities.
Thirteen tourism organisations from Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi have formally asked Bangkok to reverse a plan that would end visa-free entry for Indian visitors — a change they say threatens more than ฿8 billion in wedding-economy revenue and thousands of small-business livelihoods across the Andaman coast.
On 15 June 2026, Thailand's government announced a sweeping plan to clear illegal encroachments from Sirinat National Park's beaches — reclaiming tidal heritage for the coastal communities who built their lives along Phuket's northwest shore.
A governance model that cleaned up Phuket's beaches is heading to the Andaman's neighbouring provinces — and for fishing villages and craft communities in Phang Nga and Krabi, it promises something real.
On 10 June 2026, Thailand confirmed pilot seaplane services between Krabi and Phuket will begin before year’s end — and at Tubkaek Beach, a village head and a coastal committee are already weighing what that promise means on the ground.
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