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Ready to swim at Patong: Governor urges safety first at beaches

Governor Urges Phuket Resort Vigilance on Pollution, Tourist Safety

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intrusud urged the resorts of Phuket today to make sure that wastewater systems were functioning and to try to improve Phuket's environment at every opportunity.

He said there had been problems at Karon and Bang Tao and other beaches and that only a cooperative approach could succeed.

Patong contained 34 percent of the resorts on Phuket so it was particularly important, he told a gathering that included Thai Hotels Association (Southern Region) President Kritsada Tansakul, Patong Hotels Association Chair Supattra Jaruariya and Tourism Association of Thailand Director for Phuket and Phang Nga, Anoma Wongyai.

''Every resort needs to check whether their wastewater system is working,'' he said at Phuket Provincial Hall in a Songkran new year celebration.

Many of Phuket's municipal councils were still waiting for budgets so wastewater systems could be upgraded, he said. More resorts were also being built on hillsides, with the potential of landslips, he added.

''If any authorities are not responding to peoples' needs, please let me know,'' he said.

Resorts should be concerned about the safety of security of guests at all times. They should recommend that guests wear helmets on motorcycles and also swim between the flags at beaches and obey the instructions of lifeguards on red flag days.

He added that some tourist groups tended to misbehave and warned that those who came on student visas were more likely than most to find trouble.

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'only a cooperative approach could succeed'

It has gone way past that. Nobody pays any attention to pleas or please.

It is time for serious & severe financial penalties &/or shutting resorts down till the problems are fully rectified.

Posted by Logic on April 15, 2014 21:18

Editor Comment:

Shutting down a resort would certainly have all the others taking notice and changing their ways immediately.

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Shut down Phucket, declare disaster-zone, deport all people, let the island rest for 100 years,that'll work.

Posted by Wilai on April 16, 2014 06:29

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nice pic: in the back can clearly see the jet-ski on the beach... It's forbidden go on the beach in any kind of motorbike-car-truck... this is Phuket.

Posted by dave on April 16, 2014 15:10

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Not directly related to this article - but last night I made a very rare visit to Patong to meet a friend. Everywhere I tried to park my motorbike I was met by a demand for 100 baht to take care my bike or for parking. I eventually gave up & went home.

What gives these thugs the right to take over the streets at night?

Posted by Logic on April 17, 2014 12:27

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Logic, you need to name the sois, the reason being many are privately owned and they "give" themselves permission.
e.g. I think a lot of soi Phangmueang is privately owned.

Posted by Laurie Howells on April 17, 2014 22:04

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Also not related directly to this , but please take a look at Youtube , Phuket airport taxi meter scam, which is also posted on Thai Visa today. I hope this all gets sent to the TAT, the Governor, and bangkok authorities . This situation in Phuket is going from bad to worse.

Posted by Elizabeth on April 17, 2014 22:11

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- Elizabeth

The problem is not lack of knowledge among Thai authorities. They all know what's going on here. They simply do not give a damn because looking after the interests of the tourists would mean less money to be made by locals from scams.

As long as tourists keep coming, no matter how badly they are treated, there's no incentive to change anything.

Only thing that will work is for tourists to boycott Phuket and go somewhere else.

Those videos need international exposure, not local.

Posted by ThaiMike on April 18, 2014 07:39


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