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Avoid tourist spots and let yourself wander into alleyways, local eateries, and lesser-known islands for the best Thailand experience.
Explorer

Thailand tourist traps to avoid

Thailand is an incredible country, but only if you learn to sidestep the staged experiences. Skip the overexposed spots. Here’s a guide to what to avoid in Phuket and Bangkok if you want to avoid...

Myanmar junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Bangkok for a meeting with BIMSTEC leaders on 4 April 2025. Photo: BSS/AFP
World+Biz

Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok regional summit as earthquake toll tops 3,100

Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

CA Yunus arrives in Bangkok ahead of BIMSTEC Summit

Rescue teams operate at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on 28 March 2025. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in the blink of an eye: Survivor

People gather outside a building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Asia

Fear, chaos as rare quake grinds Thailand's capital to a halt

Rescue personnel work at the site of a building that collapsed, following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Asia

Quake death toll rises to 10 in Thailand, aftershocks expected

Represntational Photo: Courtesy
Aviation

Biman's Bangkok-bound flight makes emergency return after cabin pressure drop

A firefighter carries injured chickens in a cage following a fire at a pet market next to Chatuchak market in Bangkok. Photo: Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP
Asia

Animals killed as fire rips through Bangkok pet market

An excellent tourist destination, Bangkok, is also a paradise for street food lovers. Photo: Collected.
World+Biz

Bangkok’s actual name is a 21 word poem, holds world record 

A suspected gunman is detained following shots fired at the luxury Siam Paragon shopping mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 3, 2023. Thai rescue workers association/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Teenage gunman arrested after two killed in Thai mall shooting spree

US-Bangla Airlines logo. Photo: Collected
Aviation

US-Bangla to increase flights on Guangzhou and Bangkok routes from 1 Sept

Death toll rises in collapse of under-construction Bangkok highway
World+Biz

Death toll rises in collapse of under-construction Bangkok highway

Photo: Collected
Aviation

Thai express cargo airline K-Mile Asia starts new service between Dhaka and Bangkok