The Phuket reopening looks like it is achieving some moderate success as a senior Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) official heralds a new Green or, more specifically, Bio Circular Green (BCG) future for tourism in Phuket currently without beer bars and prostitution. The Director of the Creative Activities Division of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Mr Nat Krutsuot, outlined the programme launched on the island by the tourist agency at the weekend. Its aim is to bring back colour, which along with higher quality and certified facilities, should give foreign tourists more confidence in what could be a new era for Thai tourism.
Thai authorities including the Minister of Tourism and Sports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn have launched a crackdown on prostitution in Phuket which they fear may threaten the moderate success that has been achieved since last Thursday when the island…
