Krabi: Please Stop Vandalizing Our Beach

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Krabi: Please Stop Vandalizing Our Beach

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Vandalism seen Monday in the Phra Nang Cave in Krabi. Photo: Matichon

 

KRABI —  Residents on Monday asked that tourists visiting Railay Beach caves to stop etching messages and names into the rocks of the popular travel destination.

 

Local residents said a 200-meter stretch of cave and cliff walls leading up to Phra Nang Cave on Railay Beach are almost completely defaced by visiting tourists.

 

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Tourists vandalise Railay Beach cave tunnel

By The Nation

 

Tourists seeking to leave their mark on Thailand have vandalised a cave tunnel leading onto Krabi’s popular Railay Beach, carving their names and other graffiti in the rock walls and stalactites.
 

Hard objects were used to scrawl names and messages along the 200-metre passage, said Somboon Ngafa, chairman of the Railay Bay Tourism Association Club.

 

The beach and bay itself are under the aegis of Haad Nopparat Thara-Phi Phi National Park.

 

Somboon said park officials often warn and reprimand tourists about marking up the cave passage, but there’s not enough staff to keep close watch.

 

The club has asked the operators of resorts on the beach to appeal to tourists to forego any such activities.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30339202

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-19

[impulse]

As much as I would object to vandalism like that, I suspect a lot of it stems from the despicable state of litter and care by the locals. 

 

It's hard to feel bad about carving your initials in a rock when you've just driven past entire fields of trash on your way from the hotel.

 

Not excusing the behavior, just pondering ways to improve the resource all around.  So Thai kids who haven't been born yet can have a tourism industry.  And all Thais- a resource to be proud of.

[Araiwah]

Bloody tourists.

[sammieuk1]

Has Kilroy been there?

[MaxLee]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Krabi: Please Stop Vandalizing Our Beach

STop being so greedy for tourism...... what a paradox 

[Xaos]

As much as I would object to vandalism like that, I suspect a lot of it stems from the despicable state of litter and care by the locals. 
 
It's hard to feel bad about carving your initials in a rock when you've just driven past entire fields of trash on your way from the hotel.
 
Not excusing the behavior, just pondering ways to improve the resource all around.  So Thai kids who haven't been born yet can have a tourism industry.  And all Thais- a resource to be proud of.

That was my thought

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[Lupatria]

Is there a term for 'pot & cattle syndrome' in Thai language?

[Sir Dude]

Can't have your cake and eat it. Regulate the tourists properly regarding numbers and supervision, whilst preserving the great natural places you have for the future. But also realise that you can't just have thousands of them everyday and scam/leech all their money in such huge numbers and still expect pristine everything...doesn't work like that. Surprised you haven't figured it out yet. 

[Oziex1]

On 2/19/2018 at 7:30 PM, Lupatria said:

Is there a term for 'pot & cattle syndrome' in Thai language?

Not sure about Thai language, it's not in the English language. The saying is , The pot calling the kettle black. 

 

Your typo made it as cattle, I'm being a little fussy yeah.