2012年12月6日星期四
Engineers restore power on Samui, Phangan
Engineers restore power on Samui, Phangan
Electricity is back on Koh Samui and Phangan after engineers spent the night successfully restoring electricity, reports said.
Having been without power for three days, residents and tourists on the two islands in Surat Thani woke up with electricity back on at their homes, hotel rooms and businesses.
Channel 3 reported that power was restored at 4am on Friday, two hours after engineers tested the line connecting the islands with Surat Thani's mainland. The repairs finished at 2am, it added.
No officials were available for comment but short messages sent to the TV station from Koh Samui and Koh Phangan confirmed the report.
Surat Thani governor Chatpong Chatphut declared the two islands a disaster zone after engineers failed to restore electricity on Thursday.
He said the would allow the province to spend an emergency budget of 50 million baht to help people affected by the prolonged power outage.
The governor also ordered the setting up of a temporary kitchen to prepare food for people and sent trucks with equipment to produce potable water to areas where water production had been been halted.
A team of engineers on Thursday continued replairs to the underground high-voltage cable, after spending the whole of Wednesday night trying in vain to restore power.
The electricity supply to the island was cut completely on Tuesday because of a rupture in a section of a 30km-long cable at tambon Taling Ngam in Samui district on the island.
The repairs could not be rushed as engineers had to make sure the work met international safety standards, said Wattana Phaekun, chief of the Provincial Electricity Authority's (PEA) customer service section for the South.
The repair work is 85% completed and officials were expected to be able to start supplying electricity by noon today, he said. The new deadline was the third after two previous delays.
Despite the assurance, provincial officials were sending power generators to the islands to meet emergency demand.
Koh Samui and Koh Phangan's hospitals can care for patients and tourists because the hospitals use generators, permanent secretary for public health Narong Shamethaphat said.
However, foreign tourists on Koh Phangan have mostly left after telecoms, restaurants and souvenir shops closed because of the blackout, Wanni Thaipanich, chairwoman of the Koh Phangan tourism promotion association, said.
Thanongsak Somwong, chairman of the Koh Samui tourism promotion association, said foreign tourists are sensitive about this kind of problem. "The blackout is expected to cause at least 12 billion baht in damage to tourism on Koh Samui," he said.
Acting PEA governor Namchai Lowatthanatrakun said the power cable rupture resulted from a surge in electricity demand from the high tourism season this month.
The PEA plans to start supplying electricity to the islands through a new underwater cable in March next year that will provide up to 200 megawatts of electricity, said Mr Wattana.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
Electricity is back on Koh Samui and Phangan after engineers spent the night successfully restoring electricity, reports said.
Having been without power for three days, residents and tourists on the two islands in Surat Thani woke up with electricity back on at their homes, hotel rooms and businesses.
Channel 3 reported that power was restored at 4am on Friday, two hours after engineers tested the line connecting the islands with Surat Thani's mainland. The repairs finished at 2am, it added.
No officials were available for comment but short messages sent to the TV station from Koh Samui and Koh Phangan confirmed the report.
Surat Thani governor Chatpong Chatphut declared the two islands a disaster zone after engineers failed to restore electricity on Thursday.
He said the would allow the province to spend an emergency budget of 50 million baht to help people affected by the prolonged power outage.
The governor also ordered the setting up of a temporary kitchen to prepare food for people and sent trucks with equipment to produce potable water to areas where water production had been been halted.
A team of engineers on Thursday continued replairs to the underground high-voltage cable, after spending the whole of Wednesday night trying in vain to restore power.
The electricity supply to the island was cut completely on Tuesday because of a rupture in a section of a 30km-long cable at tambon Taling Ngam in Samui district on the island.
The repairs could not be rushed as engineers had to make sure the work met international safety standards, said Wattana Phaekun, chief of the Provincial Electricity Authority's (PEA) customer service section for the South.
The repair work is 85% completed and officials were expected to be able to start supplying electricity by noon today, he said. The new deadline was the third after two previous delays.
Despite the assurance, provincial officials were sending power generators to the islands to meet emergency demand.
Koh Samui and Koh Phangan's hospitals can care for patients and tourists because the hospitals use generators, permanent secretary for public health Narong Shamethaphat said.
However, foreign tourists on Koh Phangan have mostly left after telecoms, restaurants and souvenir shops closed because of the blackout, Wanni Thaipanich, chairwoman of the Koh Phangan tourism promotion association, said.
Thanongsak Somwong, chairman of the Koh Samui tourism promotion association, said foreign tourists are sensitive about this kind of problem. "The blackout is expected to cause at least 12 billion baht in damage to tourism on Koh Samui," he said.
Acting PEA governor Namchai Lowatthanatrakun said the power cable rupture resulted from a surge in electricity demand from the high tourism season this month.
The PEA plans to start supplying electricity to the islands through a new underwater cable in March next year that will provide up to 200 megawatts of electricity, said Mr Wattana.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
2012年4月19日星期四
苏梅岛打造绿色旅游新形象
苏梅岛打造绿色旅游新形象
素叻他尼府【Surat Thani】策划提升旅游大计，拟将苏梅岛【Koh Samui】开发为「健康休闲旅游中心」，以「绿色旅游」打造苏梅岛新形象，锁定苏梅、帕岸和龟岛三大旅游著名岛屿同时努力开发新旅游景点和线路，举办国际活动扩大知名度，和加强市场行销开拓马来西亚、中国和印度市场游客。
素叻他尼旅游与体育局长帕洪硕透露，商界共谋提升素叻他尼旅游地位大计，素叻他尼府今年旅游收入预计达320至330亿铢水准，府内三大著名旅游岛屿苏梅岛、帕岸岛【Koh Phangan】和龟岛【Koh Tao】的预期游客数字分别为130万、70万和30万，合计可创造旅游收入230亿铢，占全府旅游总收入70％比重，但增幅表现为缩减。
帕洪硕局长表示，今年旅游业发展的主要策略为推出新旅游景点和线路，将游客从三大岛屿分流到其他地点，如将叻差巴帕水库开发为生态旅游区；推动发展苏梅岛成为健康旅游中心，和配套医疗旅游中心，通过举办健康休闲业活动加大对外宣传，如今年8月18至22日举办水疗（SPA）展览会，将大力推出泰国四部域风格的水疗服务为卖点。此外，还邀请义大利、日本的水疗休闲服务经营者出席展览会。
通过发展苏梅岛健康休闲业，希望将上岛游客逗留平均4天的纪录改写为2至4周，配合这个发展计画已经吸引10家医院参与。今年府拨出2,000万专案预算，2013年将继续投入4,000万预算来打造苏梅岛的健康旅游业；推动将苏梅岛旅游定位为「绿色旅游」来进行市场行销，加强对旅游从业经营者及服务员进行「绿色旅游」观念培训，提倡环保减少消耗能源以降低成本20％至30％，并以此为卖点进行市场行销；大力组织各种活动，包括府级和国际级活动，如4月22日将举办2012年苏梅铁人三项体育竞赛，除扩大苏梅岛影响外还可增加2,000至3,000游客，预计此项活动可为苏梅岛带来约1亿铢旅游收入。
苏梅岛促进旅游协会顾问舍尼表示，苏梅岛旅游经营者除了持续参与不同规格的旅游推广与促销活动外，还将调整游客市场开拓计画，努力开发马来西亚、中国和印度游客，通过不懈的努力和增加开通承包专线航班，估计今年中国游客可望增长40％至50％。
今年3月苏梅岛上洪水和去年底曼谷特大洪水影响游客市场，预期今年苏梅岛游客可增至100万，其中来自北欧地区游客约60万。尤其是俄罗斯和乌克兰游客增长可达30％至40％，但同时西欧游客减少约20％；泰国游客预计约40万。而德国游客是苏梅岛旅游市场的新兴来源，目前已达15万。
～以上新闻转载自OMY～
素叻他尼府【Surat Thani】策划提升旅游大计，拟将苏梅岛【Koh Samui】开发为「健康休闲旅游中心」，以「绿色旅游」打造苏梅岛新形象，锁定苏梅、帕岸和龟岛三大旅游著名岛屿同时努力开发新旅游景点和线路，举办国际活动扩大知名度，和加强市场行销开拓马来西亚、中国和印度市场游客。
素叻他尼旅游与体育局长帕洪硕透露，商界共谋提升素叻他尼旅游地位大计，素叻他尼府今年旅游收入预计达320至330亿铢水准，府内三大著名旅游岛屿苏梅岛、帕岸岛【Koh Phangan】和龟岛【Koh Tao】的预期游客数字分别为130万、70万和30万，合计可创造旅游收入230亿铢，占全府旅游总收入70％比重，但增幅表现为缩减。
帕洪硕局长表示，今年旅游业发展的主要策略为推出新旅游景点和线路，将游客从三大岛屿分流到其他地点，如将叻差巴帕水库开发为生态旅游区；推动发展苏梅岛成为健康旅游中心，和配套医疗旅游中心，通过举办健康休闲业活动加大对外宣传，如今年8月18至22日举办水疗（SPA）展览会，将大力推出泰国四部域风格的水疗服务为卖点。此外，还邀请义大利、日本的水疗休闲服务经营者出席展览会。
通过发展苏梅岛健康休闲业，希望将上岛游客逗留平均4天的纪录改写为2至4周，配合这个发展计画已经吸引10家医院参与。今年府拨出2,000万专案预算，2013年将继续投入4,000万预算来打造苏梅岛的健康旅游业；推动将苏梅岛旅游定位为「绿色旅游」来进行市场行销，加强对旅游从业经营者及服务员进行「绿色旅游」观念培训，提倡环保减少消耗能源以降低成本20％至30％，并以此为卖点进行市场行销；大力组织各种活动，包括府级和国际级活动，如4月22日将举办2012年苏梅铁人三项体育竞赛，除扩大苏梅岛影响外还可增加2,000至3,000游客，预计此项活动可为苏梅岛带来约1亿铢旅游收入。
苏梅岛促进旅游协会顾问舍尼表示，苏梅岛旅游经营者除了持续参与不同规格的旅游推广与促销活动外，还将调整游客市场开拓计画，努力开发马来西亚、中国和印度游客，通过不懈的努力和增加开通承包专线航班，估计今年中国游客可望增长40％至50％。
今年3月苏梅岛上洪水和去年底曼谷特大洪水影响游客市场，预期今年苏梅岛游客可增至100万，其中来自北欧地区游客约60万。尤其是俄罗斯和乌克兰游客增长可达30％至40％，但同时西欧游客减少约20％；泰国游客预计约40万。而德国游客是苏梅岛旅游市场的新兴来源，目前已达15万。
～以上新闻转载自OMY～
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