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Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

Tourists throng beach on Mekong River

Food stalls and jet skis beckon as low water level exposes island in Nakhon Phanom

A sandy beach, known as Had Hae, has emerged after the level of the Mekong River fell in That Phanom district of Nakhon Phanom province. The attraction is drawing crowds of tourists but locals say it might be under water again by May. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)

NAKHON PHANOM: Tourists thronged a sandy beach on an island in the Mekong River on Saturday, generating hundreds of thousands of baht a day at the attraction in That Phanom district.

Had Hae beach, in tambon Nam Kam of this northeastern province, became accessible to tourists last month after the level of the Mekong River fell.

Local residents have turned the island into an…

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