New Pier In Phuket For Tourists

New pier in Phuket for tourists

PHUKET: -- The government plans to build a new pier in Phuket

province to help improve its tourist facilities.

The pier, on Po Bay will cost Bt 140-million to construct, a senior Phuket

provincial official, Anchalee Wanichthepphabutr told TNA. It will be

500-metres long and seven metres wide with a pavilion in the middle of it.

The local authorities hope the new pier will help boost the number of

tourists visiting Po Bay to more than a thousand a day when it is completed

in 2007.

Po Bay is a hub for eco-tourism. It is also a stopover site for tourists

heading to other islands and marine tourist spots off Phang Nga and Krabi

provinces.

Eco-tourism will remain a highlight of Po Bay, Ms/Mrs Anchalee said, as that

is what the local residents around the bay want.

--TNA 2004-08-29