Phuket – Two cruise liners arrived in Patong with more than 6,700 tourists on Saturday morning (December 2nd).

The Spectrum of the Seas cruise liner arrived with 5,075 tourists with a total of 34 nationalities. Most of them are Singaporean (2,774), Malaysians (493), Indians (393), Chinese (295) and Filipinos (204).

 

The Celebrity Millennium cruise liner arrived with 1,704 tourists with a total of 38 nationalities. Most of them are British (820), American (332), Canada (178), Australian (56), and Bulgarian (31).

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2023-12-04

 

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I'm sure they'll be welcomed with open arms... cough

welcome to honest Thailand, we won't cheat you ...  Lol  ..

Many Happy Endings in sight on this weekend I reckon.😂

Phuket , being packed already , is definitely becoming a place to avoid for people wanting a quiet and peaceful holiday ...

A few km up , on the Andaman coast , Khao Lak etc , it is much better .

How are ship-to-shore transfers carried out? Conveyor belt? Jetski mafia?

Look at that smoke.

There's much nicer areas in Phuket to see than the meat market of Patong.

What have they got to look forward to there. Gazillions of tourists. Clogged up traffic and getting harassed and ripped off constantly by tuk tuks, massage girls, touts, jetskis. Basically everyone.

 

 

16 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

How are ship-to-shore transfers carried out? Conveyor belt? Jetski mafia?

They send them ashore in their own large tenders. They have a little dock right down the southern end of the beach. Shuttles seem to run constantly last time i saw it

"Lambs to the slaughter" ...

Or,
Did the tourists receive their on cruise briefing about "how to avoid trouble", so they would know "exactly where to go"?