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Date : 19 - 20 September 2010
Venue : Phra Chuthathut Ratchathan Palace, Koh Si Chang District, Chon Buri

Viewing the light and sound performance as well as paying respect to King Rama V..

For More Information :
Koh Si Chang Municipal Office Tel.: 0 3821 6141
Website: www.tourismthailand.org

Terms & Conditions
• “Let’s Fly Back to the Beach” campaign offer special price to Phuket starting from 1,490 Baht per sector (price is all inclusive).
• Enjoying “Let’s Fly Back to the Beach” get special coupons from Nok Air’s partners including;
- Adventure coupons include such adrenalin pumping fun as kite surfing, all terrain vehicles and scuba diving.
- Wellness coupons offer spa and yoga packages, as well as golf.
- Discovery coupons provide the chance to explore Phuket with city tours, island trips or fantastic shows.
• Also hotel deals, car rental and shopping benefits available for those who would like to travel around on their own.
• Let’s Fly Back to the Beach" campaign and special coupons from Nok Air’s partners available from 20 February through 30 April 2009.
• Coupons can be received only at counter check-in Bangkok-Phuket flight, Don Mueang Airport.

Remark:
- Master Car Rental reserved the right for two days advanced booking. For more information please call 02-9318900
- Sukko Cultural Spa & Wellness reserved the right for one day advanced
booking. For more information please go through www.sukkosparesortphuket.com/nokair

P.S Nokair invites you to one of the most tranquil beach in Thailand. Offer 3 Style of package that suits your lifestyle!
ADVENTURE | DISCOVERY | WELLNESS

Dec 15 - 20, 2008 The 23rd year of Patong Carnival is organized and funded by Patong Municipality. There will be One Tambon One Product (OTOP) sales, arts and culture displays, spa and massage services, and food and beverage services.

The entertainment will display traditional Thai culture from various regions across the country.

Highlights of the carnival include:

- Dec 15: Fireworks after dark.
- Dec 16: Beach clean-up and longtail boat competition, off Loma Park at 9am.
- Dec 17: Adventure Competition at Loma Park at 9am.
- Dec 20: Fancy Parade along the beach road at 5pm.

29th November - 6th December, 2008.

The Phuket King's Cup Regatta is Asia's biggest and most popular regatta. More than a regatta, the week long event consists of great parties, great sailing and lots of fun.

Inaugurated in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of His Majesty the King of Thailand, the event has been held every year since during the first week of December.

With the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, the Regatta is organised by the Phuket King's Cup Regatta Organizing Committee under the auspices of the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in conjunction with the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand, the Royal Thai Navy and the Province of Phuket.

NOR 2008 - Now Available here

On-line entries here

Schedule of events.

Registration for the 2008 Regatta and the functions listed below will take place at the Kata Beach Resort, Phuket.

Racing for all classes will be held in the waters around Phuket. The following schedule is provisional and subject to weather conditions.

Saturday 29 November 2008

10.00 - 17.00 Registration

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO RECENT CHANGES IN REGULATIONS FOR YACHTS ARRIVING IN PHUKET. CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION FACILITIES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT REGISTRATION.

ALL YACHTS ARRIVING IN PHUKET MUST CLEAR CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION AT THE ONE-STOP SHOP SITUATED AT AO CHALONG PIER.

Sunday 30 November 2008

10.00 - 16.00 Registration

13.00 Practice race

16.30 Skippers briefing

18.30 Opening Ceremony

Monday 1 December - Saturday 6 December 2008

5 racing days and 1 reserve day

Saturday 6 December 2008

18.00 Royal Awards Ceremony and Closing Party

Entry Fees

The entry fee of 17,600 Baht (8a,800 Baht for Sports Boats and Ocean Rovers) must accompany the Entry Form. Entries must be received by 1 November 2008. For late entries after 1 November 2008, the entry fee is 25,000 Baht (12,500 Baht for Sports Boats and Ocean Rovers).

The entry fee includes participation of skipper. An additional Crew fee of 4,000 baht is payable at or before registration for each additional crew member and supporter participating in official functions and parties of the Regatta.

On-line entries here

Phuket prime Chinese festival will be held on Sep 29- Oct 7, 2008. It’s an annual event during the ninth lunar month of Chinese calendar. The colorful festival take time for a nine day period that attracts not only Chinese –Thais. Traveler from over the world come to celebrate, enjoy delicious vegetarian diet, make merit and excited with the unbelievable Ma Song (medium) such as climbing an eight-meter ladder with bladed rungs while in trance, hundreds of local residents running across a bed of burning coals, piercing all sorts of skewers and knives through their body parts that everyone seemed shocked at this. Well, looks can be deceiving your eyes and…oh…you’d better keep your camera handy!
I have to say, as a long time resident of Phuket. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is something not to be missed as according to the Phuket Gazette, 23rd Oct 2007, the San Francisco-based Veg News magazine voted Phuket (during the festival) as one of the “10 Best Veg Destinations in the world” in its third annual awards. You’ll see that it’s a real buzz, full of life, full of noise, colorful parades and full of magic….that you can’t believe it’s really happening, but it’s a very real.
Hope to see you in Phuket.

Credit :: Photo from http://www.phuketvegetarian.com/

Jazz lovers know exactly where they should be come mid-June. They will be catching an invigorating sea breeze and dining on fresh sea food at Hua Hin’s famous beachside restaurants.

But only when they are not soaking up the serious stuff – musical concerts delivering the very best in jazz, compliments of a variety of local and international bands.

Hua Hin shakes off its low season blues, 13 to 14 June, every year for its international jazz festival at sites on the beach and in the centre of this lively resort town that graces Thailand’s western coast of the Gulf of Thailand.

Hua Hin is approximately 220 km from Bangkok and is noted for being the country’s first beach resort discovered by royalty and nobility in the post in the 1930s when the only feasible way to reach its golden beaches was by steam train.

Today, it is a popular beach town with more than its far share of five-star hotels.

One of the main jazz festival stages is set up close to the Sofitel Central Resort, a heritage property dating back to early 1900s and Marriott Resort and Spa.

In all, there are three stages custom-built for the jazz festival on the beach and in the town near the historical railway station and another near Phone Kingpet complex.

Of course, the beach venue serves up a winning ambience, as thousands of jazz lovers sit on deck chairs or mats laid out on the sand and enjoy the very best selections of traditional and modern jazz.

The beach venue will feature world-class jazz artists such as the Kenny Garrett Quartet, Mike Stern, Dave Weckl and Chris Minh Doky. Thai singers join international celebrities such as Kop Songsit, T-Bone, Luk Pad Cholanan, Surachai Jantimatorn, Rudklao Amaraditra and Jirasak Panpoom.

In town at the railway and shopping complex stages Thai artists such as Viyada Komarakul na Nakhon, B Crescendo, Monotone Group, Calories Blah Blah, Lula, ETC, Doobadoo and Tewan Sapsanyakorn will perform.

All performances during the three-day festival are free and continue from 1530 until midnight.

No wonder this “Royal Town” is sometimes renamed “Jazz Town” when its streets are packed with music lovers of all ages, who gather to enjoy the best of jazz from both international and Asian musicians. Definitely, this is a festival that adds value for any holiday maker visiting Hua Hin during the 13 to 14 June weekend.

More Information :
TAT Central Region Office : Region 2
Tel : 0 3247 1005-6

KOH SAMUI: Ray Roberts, the top Asian sailor for 2008, Matt Allen, Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, and Andrew Short, also from the Sydney club, have won the top prizes in the International Racing Class (IRC)1, IRC 2 and Cruising Classes, respectively, in the 7th Samui International Yacht Regatta.

Roberts, a regular racer in Phuket and Thailand, and his team Quantum Racing won the King’s Cup Regatta in 2005. He placed second in the class last year.

In this year’s Samui Regatta, held from June 1 to 7, Radab Kanjanavanit and Kipsan Beck did Thai sailors proud by winning top honors in the Sports Boats and the Multihull classes.

Cedar Swan is well known in Phuket for racing in the annual King’s Cup Regatta more than any other boat.

The Samui regatta closed on Saturday, having attracted some 300 sailors from more than 10 countries. The last day saw good sailing conditions with 10- to 12-knot northwesterly winds, after some days of variable and light winds that on one day forced the race to be abandoned.

Read the Full Update of the weeks regatta here.
Official Photo's available from our photographer Jimmy

The Thai New Year (Thai: สงกรานต์ Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. It is also celebrated in Laos (called pi mai lao or 'Lao New Year' in Lao), Cambodia, Myanmar (where it is called Thingyan), and by the Dai people in Yunnan, China. Sri Lanka also celebrates a similar festival called Sinhalese and Tamil New Year on the same dates. The same date is celebrated widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, albeit based on the astrological event of the sun beginning its northward journey.

The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation, but it is now fixed. If these days fall on a weekend, the missed days off are taken on the weekdays immediately following. Songkran falls in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season. Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter 1 April was used until 1940. 1 January is now the beginning of the year. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since then.

While the water splashing will flourish, the traditional values of Songkran are the focus of the 2008 celebrations.

Songkran is without doubt the most popular of all Thai festivals and rightly so.
It marks the beginning of a new astrological year and its exact dates are determined by the old lunar calendar of Siam. This year the three-day festival falls on 13 to 15 April.

Traditionally, April 13 is known as “Maha Songkran Day” and marks the end of the old year, April 14 is “Wan Nao”, while April 15 is “Wan Thaloeng Sok” when the New Year begins.

While the festival has its roots in Buddhist heritage, the washing of Buddha images, merit making, traditional family values and the sprinkling of water in respect for elders, it is best known for the fun and “sanuk” everyone gains from splashing copious quantities of water on all who happen to pass by.

Songkran is celebrated with gusto by young and old, throughout the country. City communities and villages in rural Thailand forget their troubles and concentrate on the serious of business of having fun as well as cooling off, during the height of the summer’s scorching tropical temperatures.

Probably of all the national festivals, this is the one that foreigners love to experience the most. They will come across water splashing festivities wherever they travel giving them an opportunity to share in a festival that is immensely popular, while still retaining a link to its traditional roots and values.

One of the traditional values points to the Thai family and the opportunity for family members to express their respect for their elders. Younger members of the family pour scented water on the hands of their parents, and grandparents. They may present them with gifts or tokens of their love. In return, elders wish youngsters good luck and prosperity.

In temples, elder members of the family gather to make merit, offering alms to the monks. They may help clean the temple courtyard, or perform bathing rites for Buddha images

In by-gone days, the fun of splashing water on friends or strangers had to wait until the late afternoon when the religious duties and ceremonies were over.

Today, the lines are often blurred with the younger generation making the most of the three-day opportunity to splash water on everyone in sight.

Possibly the most famous of the Songkran celebrations takes place in Chiang Mai. It attracts thousands of visitors, from all over Thailand as well as international tourists determined to share in the fun.

Often simply called the Chiang Mai Water Festival, the core of the celebrations will be held, 13 to 15 April, at the city’s main irrigation canal, with parades and cultural performances as well as arts demonstrations. The actual opening ceremony will be held 12 April, at the Royal Flora complex when the Minister of Tourism and Sports will declare the festival open.

Reference : www.tourismthailand.org

About Hands Bangkok Countdown 2008

Bidding farewell to the old year while greeting New Year is a festive practice significantly embraced by people around the world as it’s the last biggest event of the year that leads to a fresh beginning. Hands Bangkok Countdown 2008 is designed to be an international symbol of the celebrations for Thais and visitors. Bangkok is a center of tourism in Southeast Asia, full of lively attractions and facilities for tourists.

Hands Bangkok Countdown 2008 is a brainchild of joint-cooperation between public and private organizations which have seen the potential of Thailand’s Bangkok to serve as a significant destination for tourists during the festive season. Business operations with different backgrounds joined forces to initiate the largest countdown event for residents in Bangkok before it has been expanded to become an international event that targets tourists in ASEAN region: Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The visitors will be invited to experience a new cultural celebration by joining hands together with the countdown in the Hands By Heart Moment.

The event’s venue is located in the heart of Bangkok’s downtown and shopping streets surrounded by leading department stores and convenient transportation systems and facilities set to serve mass population to join the event.

Landmark of the event is a gigantic structure, “The Greeting Ball Tower”, which serves as the symbol of celebrations. The tower will be installed in December every year. It’s equipped with special effects to create spectacular moments. Activities by arts and entertainment studios are prepared on a large-scale stage, making it a truly feast of celebrations to support tourism spending for the year-end.

More information : http://www.handsbangkokcountdown.com

What it's all about

Celebrating the onset of Phuket's 'high season', the busiest tourist season, this festival takes place at the island's most frequented beachfront area. Here you will be entertained by colourful street parades and can partake in beach volleyball or beach football competitions, a mini-marathon, various water-sport events and competitions as well as numerous other events and activities.

No matter what your age or passions, this carnival has something for everyone. From fashion shows (November 3), to gourmet feasts such as those held on 'Lobster Day' (on November 2) and special performances put on for the occasion at the likes of Phuket Fantasea and cabarets by Dave Freeman as well as the Simon Cabaret (daily).

And there's more…

Activities worth taking your camera to are the traditional Thai dancing shows and cultural performances, held by numerous Patong hotels and other seaside outlets in the area. There are music bands, from jazz to pop, plus international as well as local singers and orchestral performances.

Food lovers will delight in the numerous food stalls along the beach front road and souvenir fans are ensured of finding at least one treasure at the many stalls selling local crafts and products.

Each night, as the sun sleeps; the skies blossom when fireworks leap high into the night sky, their silvery trails dropping into the sea, beyond the beach. Huge paper balloons are set adrift and float aloft, joining the star-lit rockets in their race to no-where.

All up, the carnival is 3 day show, that can be added to the many 'not to be missed' events, held on the island this month.

Phuket Carnival at Patong 2007 is the annual three day three night festival that marks the beginning of the tourist season in Phuket, This year, the celebrated theme is “Art, Culture and Fun” represented by decorations, concerts and activities around Patong Beach area. Part of the festival is dedicated to the King in honor of his 80th birthday anniversary with exhibitions displaying royal activities and projects. People are encouraged to wear yellow for the opening ceremony in his honor. Activities in Phuket Carnival at Patong 2007 November 1st ,2007 at Loma (Dolphin) Park on Patong Beach 07.00 Giving Alms Ceremony at Loma (Dolphin) Park on Patong Beach 09.00 The opening ceremony of the 17th Scuba Project preserving Patong Coast opposite Patong Merlin Hotel

Source Reference : Phuket.com & Detail

Gin je mai (Are you eating vegetarian?), is the latest strain on the streets of Phuket. The Phuket vegetarian festival which officially started on 11 October, has taken over the island. Preparations for the festival began days before the official opening, with some stall owners having begun to sell their vegan goodies a day or two before.

Now that the festival is officially underway, Thai people from all walks of life are thronging the streets, to enjoy the festivities and partake of the special foods on offer. Dressed in white to symbolize purity, the followers of the regimen will abstain from meat and animal by-products as well as alcohol and sex for the nine days (Oct 11-19).

Local residents of Chinese ancestry follow this regimen strictly, and believe that this will bring them good fortune, as well as cleanse their minds and souls of impurities.

Participating shrines will organize street processions, the first of which will be on Saturday, 13 Oct. The procession will culminate at Saphan Hin at around 8am, after making its way through the city and a huge crowd of followers is expected to greet it at the final point.

“Ma Song” will also participate in other activities associated with the festival, such as walking barefoot over burning hot coals and piercing their faces with objects of varying sizes. The activities are all meant to be for spirit cleansing and merit-making purposes.

Source Reference : Phuket Post.com

Thousands gather at Jui Tui shrine in Phuket City for the pole raising ceremony before the Vegetarian Festival.

PHUKET CITY: Thousands of people gathered at Chinese shrines around Phuket today to participate in pole-raising ceremonies before for the Vegetarian Festival, which starts in earnest tomorrow.

Permanent Secretary for Interior Pongpayom Wasaputi joined the crowds dressed in white at Jui Tui shrine to place squares of gold leaf on the bamboo poles before they were raised at the auspicious time of 5.09 pm.

The poles are said to join the physical and spiritual world, allowing the various spirits to descend to Phuket, where their presence will be evidenced by the 2,000-odd mah song, or “mediums”, during the festival.

Traffic will be disrupted during the festival from October 11 to 19 due to road closures for processions and the many vegetarian food stalls lining the streets as part of the festivities.

Source Reference : phuketgazette.com

PHUKET CITY: Traffic Police have co-ordinated with representatives from the nine major Chinese shrines in Phuket City that will stage parades during the upcoming Vegetarian Festival, to be held from October 11 to 19, in order to announce the parade routes for each shrine.

Lt Col Theerawat Liamsuwan explained that the nine major shrines staging parades are:

- Kuan Te Kun Shrine (Sapam Shrine),

- Lhim Hoo Tai Soo Shrine (Samkong Shrine)

- Jang Ong Shrine

- Tah Reua Shrine

- Tao Bo Kee Ong Shrine (Bang Neow Shrine)

- Jui Tui Shrine

- Laitu Tao Boh Geng Shrine (Kathu Shrine)

- Yok Ke Keng Shrine (Soi Panieng Shrine)

- Sui Boon Tong Shrine (Lor Rong Shrine).

“The parades are very popular to locals and tourists, but they cause traffic jams as the streets are closed to allow the processions to pass,” he said.

The parades are scheduled as follows: Read more

source Reference : phuketgazette.com

PHUKET CITY: The incessant rain today did not stop Phuket City’s ethnic Chinese from turning out en masse to pay their respects to the dead on the first day of the annual “Por Tor” festival.

The festival, officially opened by Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit at 1 pm, saw hundreds lighting joss sticks and offering cakes in the shapes of turtles, the Chinese symbol of longevity, from 10 am to 6 pm. Stalls selling food, snacks and handicrafts have been set up along the road, many with turtle cakes on display. The turtle cakes are not for sale, though many are given away as a way to make merit. A large screen has been set up to show movies tomorrow evening. Although the movies are being shown to honor the dead, the living are invited to come and enjoy them too.

The festival is being held between Suriyadej Circle and Jui Tui Shrine on Ranong Rd, which is closed to traffic until Friday.The festival will conclude on Friday with a ceremony at Bang Niow Shrine on Phuket Rd, just south of Ong Sim Phai Rd.

source Reference : phuketgazette

Phuket Surfing Contest 2007
on 31 August - 2 September 2007


Karon Municipality , TAT Phuket , Sport Ministry Phuket ,Kata-Karon Hotel's Business Association , KATA-KARON SURFING CLUB

Objectives of the Contest

- publicities on tourism for Kata-Karon Beaches and in Phuket Province, introduction to surfers specially during the months of August and September which is the end of current season and the beginning of the new tourist season.
- to promote and support tourists who love the challenge of board surfing
- to promote and support youth and general public to have interest in sports and physical exercises under the Government’s policy with the stress of keeping youth away from drugs
- to support water sports that are not destructive to the environment
- to allow surfers to modify use of surf board in rescue of tourists at sea

Participants

This year the organisers expect at least 120 competitors, most of them visitors who head for Phuket in the low tourist season just to surf. Last year, in addition to local surfers, the competition attracted about 80 participants from the UK, the USA, Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere.

Classes and Prizes

There are five classes as follows (with prizes in brackets):

• Long board open (8,000, 6,000, 4,000 and 2,000 baht);
• Short board open (8,000, 6,000, 4,000 and 2,000 baht);
• Grommet (4,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 baht);
• Girls (4,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 baht);
• Body board (4,000, 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 baht).
• In addition, the top five competitors in each class will receive trophies.

The entry fee is 400 baht for the long and short board open competitions and 300 baht for the other classes. For more information or to enter the contest, contact Wallop Nadon by email to:
wallopsurfshopkatabeach@hotmail.com

Date, time & venue for enrolment : Friday 31st August 2007 from 09:00 hours onward at Kata Beach

Date, time & venue for Contest : from 31st August to 2nd September 2007, 08:00-16:00 hours at Kata Beach (contest for individual categories)

Anticipated result
1. At least 120 contestants from over 10 countries to participate, most of which will be tourists who visit with the purpose of surfing in particular such as tourists from Japan, England, United States, France, South Africa, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
2. Tourists becoming interested in physical exercise, especially in board surfing
3. Surfers may be able to provide assistance to tourists upon mishap at sea

source Reference : phuketsurfingcontest

Kamala Surfing Contest 2007
will be on 25-26 August

* Shortboard Division
* Longboard Division
* Bodyboard Division

This north end of Kamala's northernmost beach is a beach break with stable sandbanks, due to the reefs. Here, there are consistent waves of up to three metres and they build up the closer to shore you get.

Details: Variable winds with swell up to three metres. There is a point break for experienced surfers.

Entry Fee 300THB (party and t-shirt included)

Click here for online entry

Organizer: Kamala GO Surfing Club & Phuket Boardriders Club

Bangkok, Thailand, 24 May 2007 – The Thailand Tourism Festival 2007 (TTF 2007), the annual travel and tourism showcase event targetting Thai and expatriate residents, will be held during 7-10 June, 2007, at the Challenger Hall 1-2, Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Centre between 1000-2100 hrs.

This event will be held in conjunction with the Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2007 for international trade visitors and consumers and will help to further boost the publicity and promotional value of Thai tourism products and services.

This year, the Festival will include many activities to promote the preservation of Thai culture, traditions and local lifestyles through four region villages. Special traditional parades from each of the four regions will be held, along with stage performances to demonstrate local folklore, plays, Thai puppet performances, Khon dance, etc.

Over 300 exhibitors including tour operators, travel agents, diving schools and equipment, spas, hotels and accommodation, airlines, golf courses, car rental, souvenirs, local handicrafts, local foods, and entertainment suppliers are expected to participate.

Seminars will also be organised for tourism experts and interested public to discuss new travel trends, sustainability and marketing.

Other special activities at this year’s fair will include an exhibition held in honour of His Majesty the King on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary, an exhibition of TAT history, Tourism Award exhibition, and tourism destination in the four regions of Thailand.

TAT Governor, Mrs. Phornsiri Manoharn says, “This event is designed to help Thais and expatriate residents discover Amazing Thailand’s destinations as well as the wide range of tourism products and activities nationwide.”

The Thailand tourism industry is doing well.
In 2006, International visitor arrivals to Thailand totalled 13.8 million, an increase of 20.01% over the same period of 2005.

In January-April 2007, international visitor arrivals at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport totalled 3,413,197 an increase of 2.61% over the same period of 2006. This figure excludes direct arrivals by air into other points of entry like Phuket and Chiang Mai.

The TAT has set its 2007 targets at 15 million international visitors and 82 million domestic trips, respectively generating estimated revenues of 547.5 billion baht and 377 billion baht.

Source : Tatnews.org

3rd Annual Kalim Surfing Contest 2007

The Monsoon Begins!

30 June - 1 July, 2007!

Presented by: Phuket Boardriders Club

The Phuket Boardriders Club presents the third annual 2007 Kalim Surfing Contest – The Monsoon Begins!

All Club Members and interested visitors are invited to kick off the monsoon season during the 2 day event to be held at Kalim reef on the south end of Patong Bay. This year’s contest will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 30-July 1.

With tons of sponsors and over 100,000THB in prizes, this year’s event promises to be the best yet, providing Mother Nature cooperates and sends us some swell! And, as always, the event will be capped off with the usual A-class awards party at BAYA BEACH pub&restaurant, the end of Bang-La road, Patong.

Entry fee will be THB500. Above all, PRAY FOR SURF!!

Kalim Contest 2007 supported by: Tourism Authority of Thailand (TTT) , Static Group(JAPAN), Freedom Surf Adventure , Jack Daniel's, TAT, CNT, Original Vision, Casuarinas Shore

19th - 22nd July 2007, Phuket, Thailand.Phuket Raceweek is an actioned-packed International Regatta held off Phuket’s East Coast.

Now in its fourth year, Phuket Raceweek is Asia’s fastest growing Regatta attracting over 40 boats and more than 300 participants.

The event is a fun-filled four days of international-standard yacht racing and 5-star parties.

“There was plenty of wind, close racing and good parties; …one of the best regatta locations in Asia. … it does not get any better than this. Image Asia Events must be congratulated for putting on a very slick and professionally run event that other regatta organisers could look at when streamlining their own events.”
Capt Marty Rijkuris, Asian Yachting.com

Brought to you by the Image Asia, Phuket Raceweek is held under the auspices of the Ao Chalong Yacht Club, in conjunction with the Yacht Racing Association of Thailand, and the Office of the Governor of Phuket.

Photo courtesy of Guy Nowell : Evason Phuket Raceweek 2006

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