Thailand is in the international headlines again for the oil spill that has hit Phrao Bay Beach on the western coast of Koh Samet island in Rayong province. Some of the latest headlines include: “Thailand resort beach blackened by oil spill” and “Oil Spill Hits Thai Tourist Island”. An oil slick like this is not only devastating for the environment, but also for local tourism. This bay is rightly off-limits to tourists, but in any disaster like this, there is a lot of misinformation in the news about exactly how much of the island and how many tourists are affected by this oil spill.