Officials checking "illegal" resorts

[Thaivisa News]

Ratchaburi:- Relevant authorities are now inspecting the use of leased state property in Ratchaburi’s Suang Phueng district by 20 tenants following reports that they now intend to run a resort. There are concerns that blossoming tourism in the district may encourage some resort owners to encroach on forestland and public waterways.

Initially, the tenants declared that they would use the state property as farmland.

Deputy Ratchababuri Governor Pipat Ekkaphan says inspections have to date showed that some tenants have already started up resort services and encroached on adjacent forestland.

“Encroachers are required to dismantle their structures on forestland within 90 days and rehabilitate the area too,” he says.

Earlier this month, soldiers demolished vacation cottages at the Suan Phueng Resort – the biggest hotel in the district - after the Treasury Department cancelled the lease contract.

The cancellation took place after the tenant was found to have encroached on more than 10 rai of land.

Spanning over 200 rai of land, the resort even included a small amusement park.

The resort officially stopped its services on March 25, according to its Facebook page. It has offered to refund customers who have already paid for the advance bookings.

[Local Drunk]

Get'em! Forestry Official surveying encroachment in a National Park that I will not mention.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Local Drunk

[soalbundy]

and they never saw a thing as long as the money was being paid while it was being built