DestinationsSeason 3 of award-winning TV show The White Lotus will be filmed in Bangkok, Phuket and Ko Samui.

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Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus will be filmed in Bangkok, Phuket and Ko Samui.
Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus will be filmed in Bangkok, Phuket and Ko Samui.

Fans of HBO’s Emmy-winning series, The White Lotus will have to wait until 2025 to see Season 3 with filming scheduled to begin in February in Bangkok, Phuket and Ko Samui.

Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Tourism Authority of Thailand governor, said Thailand’s “exotic natural beauty, rich historical sites and diverse landscapes” made it one of the world’s favourite filming locations.

The White Lotus made its debut in 2021, set in Hawaii. Season 1 received 10 Emmy awards, including best limited or anthology series. The second season, which premiered in December 2022, was set in Sicily and is nominated for 23 Emmys, including best drama series.

The series follows the guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus luxury hotel chain. The White Lotus property, in real life, is a Four Seasons resort, where Season 1 was exclusively shot in Maui, Hawaii.

In Season 2, the show moved to a new Four Seasons location overlooking the Ionian Sea in Sicily.

After the first series, the LA Times said the White Lotus “portrays a tropical retreat for the super-rich as a simmering cauldron of class conflict, environmental despair and white privilege — somewhere to unravel rather than unwind”.

But as one TV critic noted, “It’s certainly the type of series that may make you second-guess any of your intended vacation plans.”

The White Lotus Season 3 is due to premier on HBO in 2025.

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