Phuket officials, hospitality reps talk safety

Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: Phuket officials met with tourism and hospitality operators yesterday to discuss safety measures and contingency plans in case of emergencies.

Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Amornwat, as well as officials from the Thai Hotels Association and Ministry of Tourism and Sports Phuket Office (MOTS), met with representatives from private and public sector hospitality businesses at a conference held at the Royal Phuket City Hotel.

The vice governor spoke of the need to enhance safety measures in the wake of the Erawan Shrine explosion in August last year (story here), and added that the incident had smeared the image of Thailand as a peaceful tourist destination.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-06-25

More Blah Blah Blah ....

A empty bucket, makes the most noise!

What about discipline and tougher regulations for cowboy tourist operators? Particularly those engaged in waterborne and highway tourist transportation.

In case they don't know it but "smearing the image of Thailand as a peaceful tourist destination" is a consequence of previous inaction by the same group of people meeting up, glad handing each other and sitting down to re-discuss the problem yet again while enjoying another nice lunch and refreshments.

Anyway vested interests will make sure the best intentions and outcomes of the meeting will amount to nothing.

The vice governor spoke of the need to enhance safety measures in the wake of the Erawan Shrine explosion in August last year (story here), and added that the incident had smeared the image of Thailand as a peaceful tourist destination.

One incident that didn't even take place on Phuket. What about the scores of others in the past year?

Plenty of medals to show off, i wonder which battle they won them in?

Emergency Services Authorities are responsible for formulating contingency plans to minimise the impacts of disasters. In Thailand, the lead agency is the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (http://122.155.1.143/en/service.php).

This lot would be stretched to even look after their own interests. Their sole priority would be damage control to limit ‘their’ own reputations, financial losses, and liability.

You wouldn't want to get between the bloke in the front row and the buffet table come lunch time.

Looks like a motivated bunch. Don't forget talk is cheap

How can they possibly discuss safety measures, when it's very likely, none have even so much as had any basic OHS training......they as always, work on intuition.

I'm someone who spent a lot of time in my career, avoiding meetings, conferences, talkfests, etc. and if caught in one always battled to keep from nodding off.

Therefore I really can't understand the Thai love of such gatherings. It seems any excuse will get them out in numbers in their finery to pose for the cameras in front of the banners, the floral arrangements, and indulge in the free drinks and food.

It seems to be all about the process rather than arriving at solutions. Reports and decisions from these meetings rarely follow, it appears to be more about the networking opportunity than anything else.

How can they possibly discuss safety measures, when it's very likely, none have even so much as had any basic OHS training......they as always, work on intuition.

Not always- don't forget the Fortune Tellers.

I'm someone who spent a lot of time in my career, avoiding meetings, conferences, talkfests, etc. and if caught in one always battled to keep from nodding off.

Therefore I really can't understand the Thai love of such gatherings. It seems any excuse will get them out in numbers in their finery to pose for the cameras in front of the banners, the floral arrangements, and indulge in the free drinks and food.

It seems to be all about the process rather than arriving at solutions. Reports and decisions from these meetings rarely follow, it appears to be more about the networking opportunity than anything else.

It's all about being seen to be saying that you are doing something about a problem, but in actual fact, doing nothing about it at all, because you like drinking a lot of "tea."