Silence falls on plan to close ’selfie beach’ near Phuket Airport

[webfact]

Silence falls on plan to close ’selfie beach’ near Phuket Airport

By The Phuket News

 

Plans to close the beach to tourists were made plain nearly two weeks ago, but now all is silent on what will be done. Photo: The Phuket News /file

 

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand (AoT) management at Phuket International Airport have still yet to make any public announcement to confirm – or even clarify – the possible closure of the beach at the end of the runway due to safety concerns, despite holding a meeting to define the boundaries of the expanded safety zone last Thursday (Mar 14).

 

The area for decades has been one of the most sought-after places for an iconic selfie taken while on holiday in Phuket.

 

Public relations staff for Airports of Thailand (AoT), which operates Phuket International Airport, told The Phuket News this morning (Mar 18), “We don’t know the details from the meeting, which was held with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).”

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[Chang_paarp]

I wonder does their remit actually extends to the beach?

[Burma Bill]

Any beach businesses associated with employees of Phuket Airport??

[Srikcir]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

the possible closure of the beach at the end of the runway due to safety concerns

Harmless.

See Maho Beach is a beach on the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, in the territory of Sint Maarten. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maho_Beach

 

[connda]

As at many airport around the world where the runway ends are close to major highways and roads, you can get that same perspective on highway 108 in Chiang Mai when incoming planes land on runway 18/36 flying in from south to north, just no sand beach and ocean to enjoy between landings.  ????

 

Edited March 19, 2019 by connda