Two Chinese tourists drowned and one went missing in Phang-nga sea

 

 

Two Chinese tourists drowned, two others were injured and the fifth went missing after they went to swim in the sea in front of a beach hotel in Thai Muang district of Phang-nga province Friday night (Feb 23).

 

Police said the five tourists were part of a 29-member tour group of Yong Rern Hong Travel Company who came from Phuket to stay overnight in Thai Muang district.

 

In the evening, the five tourists went to swim in the sea in front of Dusit Hot Spring Beach Resort and Spa despite a warning from their tour guide because of the rough sea.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/two-chinese-tourists-drowned-one-went-missing-phang-nga-sea/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-02-24

It goes on and on. Language breakdown or stupidity ?

 

A lot of people for some reason think they are immune to danger whilst on holiday. I would take an idle guess at the later rather than the former in the above post.

I especially like the photo of the red flag out in front of a dead calm sea...

 

11 hours ago, Maverell said:

It goes on and on. Language breakdown or stupidity ?

 

I don't think it is a problem of language.

Sadly ....... You can't fix stupid.

It looks like paradise, what could go wrong.

Probably swimming away from a turd and lost track of the beach

Do they ever remove the red flag or is it permanent? Kind of Thailand's way of not having lifeguards?

 

someone missed the boat when the tragedy involves 5...

Third world people has very little safety sense. 

Even though the economy has expended 20 times since the 1980 economic reform,

but an average mainland Chinese is still third world in and out.     

5 hours ago, impulse said:

I especially like the photo of the red flag out in front of a dead calm sea...

 

At one stage, the Chinese were thinking of changing traffic lights so that RED means to proceed. 

Maybe red flags indicate some other meaning to the Chinese.

Asians in general have below average swimming abilities...program intervention needs to start there with a free swimming lesson for everyone and a Chinese buffet...but not vice versa...

20 hours ago, Maverell said:

It goes on and on. Language breakdown or stupidity ?

 

Both are not incompatible