Good news for tourism: Thai and foreign tourists return to "James Bond Island" after country's reopening

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Manager reported that people in the area of Koh Panyi and Phangnga Bay national park in southern Thailand were starting to smile again.

 

The area features the world famous "Khao Tapu" or James Bond Island made famous in one of the movies about the British spy. 

 

Picture: Manager

 

Manager said pre-pandemic a million people a year came to the area providing locals including a floating Muslim community with a great income. 

 

This was dealt a severe blow during the pandemic with hardly any visitors in the last two years.

 

Picture: Manager

 

However, since the November 1st reopening of Thailand, bothThai and foreign visitors are returning to the area.

 

Manager said this was now 200-300 people every day.

 

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[Thailand]

Dr, he say No!

[Thailand]

5 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Maybe that was Jamaica!.

Jamaica, no she went on her own.

[hotchilli]

Nice to see they splashed out on a new pier.

[ukrules]

Who cares?

[G Rex]

365 x 300 = 109,500 - so, at best 10% of previous visitor numbers,

Not great, but better than nothing I suppose.

[Denim]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Nice to see they splashed out on a new pier.

They had to.  Other places have also made infrastructure improvements.

 

It's just peer pressure.

[geisha]

Mostly local Thais out for the day and the odd foreign tourist on a day trip from Phuket.