Tourist office Phuket
Phuket City Municipality, the city's local authority, runs 1 tourist information point of its own: the Thalang Road tourist information centre at 63 Thalang Road, in the Old Town. It opens every day from 08:30 to 16:30, public holidays included. The Tourism Authority of Thailand, the national tourism body, keeps a separate Phuket office on the same street, open Monday to Friday.
Find the nearest tourist office
Thalang Road tourist information centre
Location: 63 Thalang Road, in Phuket Old Town
Opening hours: every day, public holidays included, 08:30 to 16:30
Run by Phuket City Municipality, with free admission.
Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket Office
Location: 191 Thalang Road, Talat Yai
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00, closed on public holidays
Not run by Phuket City Municipality: it is a local office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the national tourism body.
Discover Phuket in detail
Discover Phuket in detail
The top things to visit in Phuket start in the Old Town, where a one-day walk links Jui Tui Chinese Temple, Chinpracha House and the Thai Hua Museum among the Sino-Portuguese shophouses. The south of the island adds Wat Chalong, the Phuket Big Buddha and Promthep Cape.
Patong Beach, boat day trips to the Phi Phi Islands and Phang Nga Bay, and free spots such as the Rang Hill viewpoint round out the guide.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
On a public holiday, offices, museums and transport in Phuket may close or switch to holiday hours. The Thalang Road tourist information centre stays open on public holidays, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket Office closes.
Thailand has 22 public holiday dates in 2026. Songkran runs for three days, from 13 to 15 April, and 2 January was added as a special holiday on top of the annual holidays. Visakha Bucha Day on 31 May and Father's Day on 5 December fall on a weekend, so 1 June and 7 December are substitute holidays. Banks close on 1 May, National Labour Day, which is not a government holiday.
National holidays in Thailand 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day
- 2 January Additional special holiday
- 3 March Makha Bucha Day
- 6 April Chakri Memorial Day
- 13 April Songkran Festival
- 14 April Songkran Festival
- 15 April Songkran Festival
- 4 May Coronation Day
- 13 May Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day
- 31 May Visakha Bucha Day, on a Sunday
- 1 June Substitution for Visakha Bucha Day
- 3 June Birthday of Queen Suthida
- 28 July Birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn
- 29 July Asarnha Bucha Day
- 30 July Buddhist Lent Day
- 12 August Birthday of Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother and Mother's Day
- 13 October King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great Memorial Day
- 23 October King Chulalongkorn the Great Memorial Day
- 5 December Birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, National Day and Father's Day, on a Saturday
- 7 December Substitution for 5 December
- 10 December Constitution Day
- 31 December New Year's Eve
Local holidays in Phuket 2026
No local holiday is added for Phuket in 2026. The extra holiday on 16 October 2026 applies to the Bangkok area only.