News Forum - Phuket official suggests drawing tourists with sharks

[Thaiger]

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 […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

Well..that is a positive thinking. They could do something like what is being done in Pulau Paya, Langkawi, Malaysia. Visitors can view huge sharks coming at a particular feeding time. They were naturally trained to come for feeding. Even can watch baby sharks along the shore swimming between visitors legs unharmed.

Edited May 6, 2022 by Ramanathan.P

[Fanta]

Hats off to the comedy writer on TheThaiger staff. You have excelled with this article.

[HolyCowCm]

Land sharks, water sharks, the land of suprises. No one wants to play with a bull shark or a tiger shark. One in 2020 Phangna, and about 3 1/2 years ago had a suspected bull shark bite in Hua Hin. 2015 Karon beach again, and that is not all. There are more shark attacks bites than they really want in the news here. Predominately the bull shark and close to the shore.

[Prosaap]

All the fish come back give it a few month and its same before the brilliant thai will not learn from this  

[Scotty]

Clearly this guy does not swim. Using sharks for a tourist attraction might be something a dive centre does on a remote island but crowded tourist beaches...SEND the man a copy of JAWS THE MOVIE.  How do these morons get heard, seriously!!!

[TWS60]

Works for the S. Africans and Aussies.  Suspect the idea of charging tourists to wade around in shallow, murky, turbid water in the surf zone, waiting to get nailed by a Bull Shark, wouldn't be very appealing, though. 

On the other hand, a lucrative idea in the First Responder/Trauma Training niche.

Hard part is getting one of the students to volunteer as the victim/patient.   Maybe offer free beer while they wait.

Course Instructor on the beach to Student:

"Little further..... little more..... OK, that's good, mate, hold it right there!" 

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by TWS60
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[Cabra]

I've never seen a shark that can draw a tourist... Presumably the shark would use water colors

[HiuMak]

There is a reason they are called wild animals or mammals