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TWENTY-FIVE contestants in the Miss Poland competition arrived on Phuket tonight, smiling broadly and wai-ing for the cameras.
They are due to spend several days in the region, making a trip to Phang Nga Bay tomorrow, stopping for a visit at Koh Panyee, the Muslim stilt village that is a popular tourist attraction.
The day after that, they will be venturing to Phi Phi.
With them tonight was a contingent of Polish media, equally happy to be spending time in the tropics in preparation for the more intense aspects of the competition back in Poland.
Vice Governor Smit Parawichai led a group of Phuket women who welcomed the contestants and presented them with garlands. The Polish visitors had spend a short time in Pattaya.
Competition coverage should help attract more Poles to Phuket, and Thailand.
Travelling with them was Suwalai Pinpradap from the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Frankfurt office. Khun Suwalai was the regional TAT representative on Phuket for several years.
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