Tourists are back to Chalong Pier. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Tourists under the Phuket Sandbox scheme make Chalong pier livelier, said tour operators at the pier. While a group of tourists were amazed with a group of 20 dolphins they saw on route to Koh Maithon. Today (July 17) there were about 300-400 tourists gathering at Chalong pier and preparing to join their island tours.

 

Suchart Khomkham, CEO of the Freedom Dolphin Co Ltd, explained that the tourism business is getting better with a higher number of customers from the Phuket Sandbox scheme. 

 

“Before this we had about six or seven customers per day, but right now we have about 30 clientsper day,” he said. 

 

“We check all tourists whether they have been vaccinated. Then they need to scan their faces and scan the code of Thai Chana location system. While tourists go into the water, staff on each boat cleans up everything by spraying alcohol solution every three hours,” he said. 

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/chalong-pier-livelier-with-sandbox-tourist-80721.php

 

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I tried walking to the place and was stopped as I did not have a passport or my smart phone. Walking to an open air pier. Someone slap me!

1 hour ago, Somtamnication said:

I tried walking to the place and was stopped as I did not have a passport or my smart phone. Walking to an open air pier. Someone slap me!

you are not a special sandboxer you just live there

3 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

Someone slap me!

you may get what you wish for

4 hours ago, smedly said:

you are not a special sandboxer you just live there

No, he didn't have his passport and/or phone.

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

No, he didn't have his passport and/or phone.

He MUST have his smartphone with Thaichana App and his passport at every moment.

If those are tourists with their unvaccinated children, I am glad that I was not part of that crowd.

Not vaccinated, stay home. Period.

  Geezer