QUESTIONS are already being asked in Germany and other countries in Europe about a popular television show that is due to screen in May, alleging that Phuket resorts dump dangerously polluted water into the sea.
The Mayor of Karon, Tawee Tongcham, told Phuketwan today he had written a letter about the issue and sent it to Provincial Hall yesterday. However, he could not recollect what was in yesterday's letter and had to cut the conversation short to go to a meeting.
Phuketwan has this week had telephone calls from Germany seeking more information about the show, 'Wir Retten Ihren Urlaub!' (We Save Your Holiday!).
Tourism Authority of Thailand offices in Germany have been among those already contacted by the media in Europe, asking for more information.
Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha was told on April 11 that the German television show is about to report that up to five Phuket resorts pollute the Kata-Karon sea with waste water containing faecal material where children and tourists swim.
Today Mayor Tawee suggested that an electrical failure at the region's waste water plant on the day that the water was tested could possibly have been what caused German testing to produce such a result.
An officer at Provincial Hall in Phuket City said that Mayor Tawee's letter had already been forwarded to Thailand's Ambassador for Germany, Dr Hanns H. Schumacher.
It was German honorary consul Dirk Naumann who told Governor Tri earlier this month that 'We Save Your Holiday!' will probably allege that five resorts dump their waste into water that flows into the sea at two of Phuket's best-loved beaches, Kata and Karon.
Mr Naumann said WSYH was the most popular tv travel show in Germany - and it would later be screened across Scandinavia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. ''This is going to be damaging for Phuket,'' Mr Naumann said.
Governor Tri said that he would look into what could be done and set up a special committee, seeking regular two-monthly updates on the quality of waste water at Kata and Karon. Any resort that breached standards would be closed down, he said.
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Phuketwan has this week had telephone calls from Germany seeking more information about the show, 'Wir Retten Ihren Urlaub!' (We Save Your Holiday!).
Tourism Authority of Thailand offices in Germany have been among those already contacted by the media in Europe, asking for more information.
Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha was told on April 11 that the German television show is about to report that up to five Phuket resorts pollute the Kata-Karon sea with waste water containing faecal material where children and tourists swim.
Today Mayor Tawee suggested that an electrical failure at the region's waste water plant on the day that the water was tested could possibly have been what caused German testing to produce such a result.
An officer at Provincial Hall in Phuket City said that Mayor Tawee's letter had already been forwarded to Thailand's Ambassador for Germany, Dr Hanns H. Schumacher.
It was German honorary consul Dirk Naumann who told Governor Tri earlier this month that 'We Save Your Holiday!' will probably allege that five resorts dump their waste into water that flows into the sea at two of Phuket's best-loved beaches, Kata and Karon.
Mr Naumann said WSYH was the most popular tv travel show in Germany - and it would later be screened across Scandinavia, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. ''This is going to be damaging for Phuket,'' Mr Naumann said.
Governor Tri said that he would look into what could be done and set up a special committee, seeking regular two-monthly updates on the quality of waste water at Kata and Karon. Any resort that breached standards would be closed down, he said.
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karon mayor can't recollect. an electrical failure on testing date. Does he even know what day the testing was done???? LMAO.....
Posted by john s on April 30, 2011 18:29