Dolphins spotted off the coast of Songkhla

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

 

SONGKHLA(NNT)-Dolphins have been seen near Nu and Maew islands, off Songkhla province in the Gulf of Thailand, after the waters have been free of tourists for the past several months.

 

The dolphins were seen frolicking between the two islands and were shown in a video clip posted on the Facebook page of Pornsorn Kanjanaruj, who was boating in the area.

 

Officials pointed out that the sighting shows the environmental regeneratuion due to a lack of tourism in the past few months. They asked that, when travelers do return, they seek to maintain the area by managing their waste.

 

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hopefully this will now be off limits to Tourism.

Dolphins spotted off the coast of Songkhla 

 

That's as good  enough to reason to keep the tourists away Permanently.

13 hours ago, malibukid said:

hopefully this will now be off limits to Tourism.

 

Cat and rat island are already off limits to tourists.  In the 6+ years I traveled to SKL for work, I never saw a boat land at either island.  I once paddled around the closer one, and there was only a rickety dock which I'm told was limited to navy craft. 

 

Songkhla's problem isn't tourism.  It's the boat traffic for fishing and oil production, along with a marginally busy freight port.  Most of the commercial traffic stays well away from the islands.  The fishermen, not so much.  On my paddling trip, I learned that it's best not to get between the longtail fishermen and their afternoon destination, for fear of getting run over.