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Phuket official suggests drawing tourists with sharks

After an animal, which some suspect was a shark, bit a child at a Phuket beach on this week, one official thinks sharks could be a cool new tourist attraction. Earlier, a lifeguard had voiced concern that if the attack was indeed a shark attack, this would impact tourism in the area.

But Jutha Dumlak, the president of the Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation says that if this was a shark attack, sharks can become a new nature tourism trend. He added that since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, natural resources have recovered. Jutha said fish populations that were gone years ago have now reappeared.

“This would have a positive effect on the tourism sector and attract tourists from all over the world…”

Jutha stressed that the Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation has made it a priority to preserve the environment as “beautiful, clean, peaceful, and safe” for…

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