News Forum - Phuket gears up for international tourism event

[Thaiger]

Phuket is readying itself for a monumental moment in global tourism. The Joint Public and Private Sector Committee for Economic Development of Phuket Province met yesterday, September 12, to fine-tune plans for the upcoming International Tourism Island City Conference (ITICC). The Pullman Phuket Karon Beach Resort will host this prestigious event from September 24 to … …

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[ChrisS]

"Phuket is readying itself for a monumental moment in global tourism. The Joint Public and Private Sector Committee for Economic Development of Phuket Province met yesterday, September 12, to fine-tune plans for the upcoming International Tourism Island City Conference (ITICC)"

I presume they are going to discuss how their tourism greed has destroyed Phuket?

[Ramanathan.P]

They have one week to clean-up the flood and landslide mess...

[Marc26]

13 hours ago, ChrisS said:

"Phuket is readying itself for a monumental moment in global tourism. The Joint Public and Private Sector Committee for Economic Development of Phuket Province met yesterday, September 12, to fine-tune plans for the upcoming International Tourism Island City Conference (ITICC)"

I presume they are going to discuss how their tourism greed has destroyed Phuket?

People say that and I have no desire to spend any time in Patong

 

And the roads can't handle the infrastructure 

Although that pretty much happens all over the world 

 

But I've been going to Phuket for 20 years and places like Kamala and Karon, Rawai are almost exactly how they were 20 years ago

[ChrisS]

4 hours ago, Marc26 said:

places like Kamala and Karon, Rawai are almost exactly how they were 20 years ago

You must remember them 20/25 years ago differently to me then.