Governor orders islandwide tourist safety campaign

[webfact]

Governor Narong will order all local municipalities to increase safety measures at all risk areas for tourists. Photo: PR Phuket

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed that he will order every municipality on the island to identify isolated locales in their areas that may be unsafe for visitors and not suitable for tourists to visit as part of a campaign to ramp up tourist safety on the island.

 

The move follows the killing of Swiss tourist Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf at Ao Yon Waterfall on Phuket’s east coast last week.

 

Governor Narong yesterday called for cooperation from all sectors of the community “to be a good host in taking care of the safety of tourists”

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/governor-orders-islandwide-tourist-safety-campaign-81001.php

 

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[Thailand]

So confirming there are areas that are considered unsafe for tourists?

[DrPhibes]

Crosswalk on any road in Thailand.

[khunPer]

It's a very sad tragedy with the Swiss lady, but beginning to declare zones not safe for tourists will in my opinion not improve the tourists' trust in Phuket as a safe destination, rather the opposite.

 

Heading for holiday to a place where you are limited in movement due to security - i.e. it can be fatal for you if you by mistake enters wrong zones - might make potential visitors think twice, and consider alternatives, I would.

 

Or will "unsafe zones" risk Phuket to be considered risky, just like the so-called "death island", i.e. Koh Tao, where one murder case, the double-murder of a British couple, triggered a number of suspicious death cases - we might not know the all facts, we don't know if the were accidents or something else, but these cases still generates a lot of speculation and news stories - giving the island a bad reputation and lots of warnings as "not safe for tourists"...????

[poskat]

he also stated "in addition, I would ask that all thai residents of phuket strongly consider not to kill any tourists, even if you experience "urges" or are really drunk at the time"

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Governor Narong yesterday called for cooperation from all sectors of the community “to be a good host in taking care of the safety of tourists”

While extracting as much baht as you can.

Here's an idea, why not deputise a large contingent of the local unemployed and get them out on the beat 24/7.... 

[Bruno123]

9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

While extracting as much baht as you can.

Here's an idea, why not deputise a large contingent of the local unemployed and get them out on the beat 24/7.... 

Seriously? More ne'er do wells hanging around tourists is your best idea?  People go on holiday to be left alone on the whole. 

Perhaps you are thinking of North Korea, with a permanent escort.

[hotchilli]

5 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

Seriously? More ne'er do wells hanging around tourists is your best idea?  People go on holiday to be left alone on the whole. 

Perhaps you are thinking of North Korea, with a permanent escort.

No I'm not, I'm thinking about not ending up dead when being alone.

[smedly]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed that he will order every municipality on the island to identify isolated locales in their areas that may be unsafe for visitors and not suitable for tourists to visit as part of a campaign to ramp up tourist safety on the island.

too late, an innocent foreign lady has already been murdered 

 

was it not safe before ?

[smedly]

3 hours ago, poskat said:

he also stated "in addition, I would ask that all thai residents of phuket strongly consider not to kill any tourists, even if you experience "urges" or are really drunk at the time"

jesus christ

[Johnnybangkok71]

How about the Govenor order Thais not to kill foriegn tourist? Right, that always work 555. I know Koh Tao must be relieved that it was Phuket this time.

[ArcticFox]

9 hours ago, khunPer said:

It's a very sad tragedy with the Swiss lady, but beginning to declare zones not safe for tourists will in my opinion not improve the tourists' trust in Phuket as a safe destination, rather the opposite.

Thai elites obviously don't think like farangs.  It will filter back to home countries that there are places all over Phuket (or other places in Thailand) declared "not safe for tourists." Then you can drive another nail into the tourism coffin lid.  These people can't grasp that independent-minded farang tourist don't come to be herded into safe bubbles and baby-sat by a nanny-state minder.  Just more bad news and poor public relations handling by people who don't have much of a grasp on farang culture.