Tourist Compensation Fund Facing Bankruptcy

[Rimmer]

Tourist compensation fund facing bankruptcy
PATTAYA:--Still reeling from an April speedboat accident that injured 18 foreign tourists and 2 guides, area politicians say a fund set up to compensate injured tourists must be overhauled before it goes broke.

At a May 22 administration board meeting, Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho said the bylaws governing the Pattaya Tourist Support Fund should be amended and the program transformed into an association that can solicit donations to stay afloat.

Sakchai said the fund paid three victims of the April 21 collision of two tourist boats off Koh Larn 20,000 baht each, leaving only 500,000 baht in the fund’s coffers. That won’t be enough to keep the program once administrators fix bylaw shortcomings that became obvious after the accident, said the district chief, who also serves as the fund’s president.
Full story:http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/tourist-compensation-fund-facing-bankruptcy-26514

-- Pattaya Mail 2013-05-31

[BookMan]

They could avoid bankruptcy by reviewing the rules of how you gain compensation.

i'd suggest that only death should warrants financial compensation for tourist, with the application for compensation having to be done in person.

[craigt3365]

They could avoid bankruptcy by reviewing the rules of how you gain compensation.

i'd suggest that only death should warrants financial compensation for tourist, with the application for compensation having to be done in person.

That and perhaps having the boat owners pay? Sure would reduce the number of accidents.

[Basil B]

On a serious note, maybe a compulsory insurance levy on all forms of uninsured transport and leisure activities, not just speed boats and jet skis but any activity land or sea with in the jurisdiction of Pattaya City Hall.

The idea being City Hall has an insurance that pays out in cases of say over 1M Baht claims, others it settles from a pot which comes from levy's raised from businesses that have no other insurance.

those that fail to insure should run the risk of their equipment being confiscated.

[tinhead]

Insurance is big, lucrative business. I think they're missing the boat (no pun intended) by not setting up in that manner.

[fakename]

There is that magic word again "Image". The hell with the victims, just worry about the image!

[joeaverage]

“Even though the government covered those expenses, what must also be taken into account is the alleviation of the perceptual impact of the accident,” Sakchai said. “It has dramatically affected tourism in Pattaya. Increasing the amount given to injured tourists would have a good impact on Pattaya’s tourism in the future.”

so cynical it is almost innocent.

compensation is so paltry as to be offensive.

do these clowns think 20,000 thb is a drop in the bucket to your average korean tourist?

how about decreasing the amount of injured tourists by regulating operators and making them responsible for their actions