Special operations centre for tourists affected by storm

By The Nation

 

Chinese tourists disembark at Surat Thani airport after tour operators were forced to suspend boats to tourist islands due to tropical storm Pabuk, in the southern Thailand/ AFP

 

A war room has been set up to help tourists in the wake of tropical storm Pabuk.
 

Santi Pawai, deputy permanent-secretary of the Tourism and Sports Ministry, said on Friday that the ministry has set up an operations centre to help tourists affected by the storm. 

 

The centre, jointly run by state agencies and the private sector, will also keep a close eye on the situation. 

 

The centre, manned by staff from the Tourist Assistance Centre and Tourist Police, will be available round the clock and can be reached via (02) 356 0662, (02) 356 0688, (065) 504 1484 and via fax at (02) 356 0655

 

Pabuk, the first tropical storm in decades to strike during the peak holiday season, is expected to make landfall on Friday evening.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30361626

 

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No mention of any boots on the ground to help. Other countries would have mobilized extra emergency services and military on standby. 

 

Not much use having an operations centre unless they have resources they can despatch, and I don’t mean the ones who just sit in tents and play on their phones.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

A war room has been set up to help tourists

That is a very, very scary statement. Tourists beware!

38 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

No mention of any boots on the ground to help. Other countries would have mobilized extra emergency services and military on standby. 

 

Not much use having an operations centre unless they have resources they can despatch, and I don’t mean the ones who just sit in tents and play on their phones.

Thailand already has mobilized its military, the navy have been evacuating tourists from various islands in the south all afternoon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe this is a storm not seen in Thailand for a long time, so where is super BJ, comeon photo ops going to waste here.

54 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Thailand already has mobilized its military, the navy have been evacuating tourists from various islands in the south all afternoon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t see any mention of military or emergency services in the stories you quoted, just “officials” organising  a boat for 120 and struggling to deal with 2000 in Krabi. Usually if they are actually doing something the media is full of press conferences saying how wonderful they are. Time for Thailand to mobilize their National Guard, oh whoops they don’t have one.

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