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> http://bbrace.laughingsquid.net/wordpress/ > > Thailand to build tsunami attraction > > The Thai government has unveiled plans to build a simulated > tsunami attraction in the region worst hit by the disaster > to draw tourists back to the area. > > Authorities have spent $4 million to prove to 1,000 media > and travel agents the nation has recovered after waves > ravaged its shores, killing at least 5,300 people, following > the December 26 earthquake in the Indian Ocean. > > About 15 Australians died in Phuket, Phi Phi Island, Khao > Lak and Krabi, the west coast areas worst hit in the Boxing > Day Tsunami. > > Phuket's world famous Patong Beach - now stripped of its > beachfront shops - was thrown open this weekend for a beach > bash complete with fireworks to show the island was ready to > move on. > > Speaking on behalf of the Thai Prime Minister, Tourism > Authority of Thailand Governor Juthamas Siriwan told the > international delegation about large-scale plans to > re-market the region to foreign and local tourists. > > Authorities would open a tsunami memorial museum complete > with a simulated tidal wave in Khao Lak, the region made > infamous by post-tsunami photos of bodies and debris > floating in the water. > > It would firstly educate everyone who comes to Phuket to > make them aware of how these kinds of things happen, Ms > Siriwan told reporters at a conference on the island. > > And at the same time, because tourism is an enjoyable > product, we would alsoI like to (use technology) to make the > museum more attractive and interesting by making a > simulation of a tidal wave. > > I talked to the architect and they say they are going to > make something like that so maybe this will be the next > Universal Studios of the tsunamis in Khao Lak. > > She said the region would now be remade as an exclusive > beach resort for wealthy couples and families. > > The government will concentrate on making Khao Lak even > better than before, Ms Siriwan said. > > Patong would be redesigned as a modern beach city with > hotels and shops no longer on the beachfront. > > We don't want to repeat the same mistakes again, she said. > > Kamala beach, a badly damaged strip of coast neighbouring > Patong will be developed into a traditional culture hub > while Phi Phi Island, largely wiped out by the wave would be > returned to a paradise island for relaxing". > > A tsunami early warning system based on marine monitoring > and SMS warnings would be in place later this month and > lifeguards would be installed on all tourist beaches. > > She said regional airports and roads would be upgraded and > international tourists would be offered complementary > domestic flights to encourage people back. > > Comments Off # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net