Phuket doesn’t need more tourists, it needs far better quality ones who spend more money. Phuket was once seen as an exotic and expensive place to honeymoon and vacation but has turned into an overcrowded and tacky bucket destination where cheap tourists dine from takeaway styrofoam containers holed up in their rooms. Phuket needs to return to an image of exclusivity and work very hard to improve its environmental conservation efforts. Banning plastic is only a drop in the bucket. The government would need to inact zoning laws and ban the building of more shop houses and retail complexes until the current empty ones are occupied or torn down. Ditto for hotels, housing developments and condos. There needs to be a significant effort to make Phuket eco-friendly and green or the lack of tourist baht will only get worse. Trying to lure more bucket tourists is not the solution and will only ruin what is left of Phuket’s image.
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Phuket facing worst tourism crisis in three decades - half of hotel rooms empty in 2020
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Phuket doesn’t need more tourists, it needs far better quality ones who spend more money. Phuket was once seen as an exotic and expensive place to honeymoon and vacation but has turned into an overcrowded and tacky bucket destination where cheap tourists dine from takeaway styrofoam containers holed up in their rooms. Phuket needs to return to an image of exclusivity and work very hard to improve its environmental conservation efforts. Banning plastic is only a drop in the bucket. The government would need to inact zoning laws and ban the building of more shop houses and retail complexes until the current empty ones are occupied or torn down. Ditto for hotels, housing developments and condos. There needs to be a significant effort to make Phuket eco-friendly and green or the lack of tourist baht will only get worse. Trying to lure more bucket tourists is not the solution and will only ruin what is left of Phuket’s image.