THAILAND - High Season at Khao Lak, Phang Nga

Andaman News TV11, december 2006

This is Khao Lak today. Two years after it has been struck by the tsunami, nature seems to have recovered, as well as the tourism industry here. More than 48 hotels and tourism businesses have been rebuilt and around 2,700 accommodation rooms. The Scandinavian, German and new markets like the British have come in on direct charter flights from UK to Phuket and are now prominent tourists here.

John Graham, the holiday representative of Thomson Tour Operations in UK, part of the German company TUI, Europe’s biggest tour operators, said that Thomson just started bringing British tourists to Khao Lak since the 2nd of November; and most of the tourists usually love to spend 2 weeks here.
At the moment we have around 70 guests for three hotels in Khao Lak now we have the charter flight which flies from Manchester 2 times a week:

Many tourists seem not to worry about what had happened in the past. We talked to a few tourists who we met on the beach and asked why they liked to come to Khao Lak:

Prasert Chanpol-ngam, the owner of Royal Bangsak Beach Resort and the President of Phang-nga Tourist Association, mentioned the readiness of Khao Lak and activities provided for the tourists, including beach and water activities, trekking and diving.

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