Melia Phuket Mai Khao, Phuket, review: New resort on Phuket's most beautiful beach John Borthwick Updated February 4, 2022 — 5.07pmfirst published at 12.15am Normal text size Larger text size ...

Phuket’s Mai Khao Beach is one of Asia’s top plane spotting destinations. But authorities in Thailand say they’re taking steps to expand the restricted areas around the popular airport beach ...

Phuket International Airport is cracking down on visitors who flock to Mai Khao Beach near the internationalairport, and take a photo with an aircraft landing overhead.

It’s 9:55 a.m. and all’s quiet on Phuket’s Mai Khao Beach. Tourists stand on the shoreline, scanning the cloud-free skies for approaching aircraft, some looking at their phones for flight data.