Tourist safety is suddenly top priority
Beauty and tragedy these examples are more than enough to show tourism officials just
what their priority should be as they launch publicity campaigns to lure visitors to this country
is an exotic place to visit and experie But what happened on Koh Tao among other recent
problems has provided a serious wake-up call to the one crucial fact that has been long ignored
here the safety of tourists. The deaths of the two Britons has had an enormous effect.
That is easier said than done, although Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has also made
it clear that he wants to see better measures to protect tourists in the wake of the Koh Tao
murders. Bringing together all agencies with their own little fiefdoms and getting them to sit
down and work along the same lines needs serious backup from the top.