Thai Prime Minister to Visit Patong Today to Oversee Tourism Safety Drills

By
Goongnang Suksawat
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Patong –

Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will visit Patong today to personally see safety drills performed in advance of the busy high season.

The Patong Municipality has announced that the drill will be held on December 1st, 2023, from 4:00 P.M. onward. The drill is aimed to prepare for the upcoming high season in which there will be a lot more tourists than usual.

The drills will consist of three simulated situations which are tourists ignoring red flags marking no swimming on local beaches, strong wave safety drills, and a crime scenario on Bangla Road. Please be aware of the drills if in these areas after 4:00 P.M. as traffic will also be certainly affected.

The Thailand Public Relations Department has also announced that Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will arrive in Phuket on December 1st, 2023, to see the safety drills in Patong.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.