素叻推出攀牙绿色岛系列活动

素叻推出攀牙绿色岛系列活动

素叻他尼府攀牙岛【Koh Phangan】旅游促进协会主席挽尼昨天（3日）表示，该协会与当地组织合作，于9月分期间联手举办「攀牙绿色岛」系列活动，包括钓鱼比赛、22-23日举行的攀牙岛国际风筝冲浪比赛以及于29-30日举行的马拉松比赛，希望能促进当地旅游业的发展和当地民众的收入。  

挽尼表示，攀牙岛上风景秀丽，拥有不同类型的自然景观。预计今年来攀牙岛旅游观光的游客将不低于60万人，带来近10亿铢左右的收入。到攀牙岛旅游的游客中90%是外国游客，泰国游客仅占10%。  

他说，旅游促进协会下一阶段的工作将致力于改善攀牙岛上的旅游基础设施，建设环岛公路、自来水厂以及发电站等，为游客提供更好的服务。

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素叻宋干旅游兴旺 3岛订房率达90%

素叻宋干旅游兴旺 3岛订房率达90%

素叻他尼府【Surat Thani】宋干节旅游气氛热闹，宾馆客房预订几满，估计资金流量不少于2.5​​亿铢。

国家观光局素叻他尼办事处主任帕努表示，今年素叻他尼府宋干节旅游呈热闹景气，海边和陆上旅游地点均会出现大量国内游客和欧洲、亚洲游客，尤其是大批马来西亚游客将前来旅游观光。曼谷航空公司的航班从平时每天20班增至30班，以满足宋干节游客增加的需求。

帕努主任表示，苏梅岛【Samui】、帕安岛【Phangan】和龟岛【Tao】宾馆度假村显示的最新订房率达90%，素叻他尼府城内的宾馆酒店订房率达60%，考硕山自然保护旅游区订房率达80%，巧兰水库旅游区各个酒店客户已经被预订一空，估计今年宋干节素叻他尼府资金流量将不少于2.5​​亿铢。

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泰水灾严重 出动军队搜救

泰水灾严重　出动军队搜救

泰国南部灾情严重，当局不得不派出军队协助寻找死者和失踪者。不过，随着天空逐渐放晴，部分机场重新开放，部分航班和渡轮服务也恢复运作，当局希望接下来几天情况会好转。

内政部防灾和减灾部门披露，截至昨天上午，由连绵豪雨所引发的水灾和土崩已造成13人死亡，其中有9名死者来自洛坤府，3人来自万伦府，另一名死者则来自博他仑府。另外，有181人在这次灾难中受伤，还有1人失踪。

据《曼谷邮报》即时新闻网报道，官方的死亡与失踪人数，并不包括甲米府考帕侬县土崩的2名死者和6名失踪者。当局已派出150名军人及嗅探犬，协助寻找受害者。

泰国国家水灾救援协调中心副主任威达延表示，当局已经警告南部地区三个面临洪水和泥石流危险的村庄居民，即刻迁移至安全地带。此外，还有四个村庄可能随时被下令疏散。他指出，万伦与洛坤这两天仍然下着豪雨，可是他预计接下来几天情况应该会改善。

泰国海军前天出动唯一的航空母舰恰克理纳鲁贝特号，营救受困于涛岛上的618名当地与外国游客。航空母舰昨天上午7时40分抵达万佛岁府梭桃邑县的海军基地，海军过后安排了18辆巴士，将游客们送往曼谷国际机场、帕塔亚和尖喷。海军昨天也拯救了受困于其他岛屿如攀牙岛的100多人。

副首相素贴说，涛岛与攀牙岛的渡轮服务已经恢复运作。他说：“对于像涛岛这样的小岛屿来说，海军及早作出反应是关键的。有数千人受困于这些岛屿上，在没有足够粮食和水供应的情况下，我们必须先帮助他们。”

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Thai military join flood rescue

Thai military join flood rescue

Thai troops joined the search for victims of deadly mudslides that engulfed homes in the flood-hit south, officials said Thursday, as naval boats rescued hundreds of tourists stuck on holiday islands.

At least 15 people have died after unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.

Around 150 troops with sniffer dogs moved in to search for the dead and missing in the southern province of Krabi after a mudslide, army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said, as at least two people were confirmed killed.

Over a week of rain has swept floodwaters across the south of the country, cutting off road and rail links and leaving tourists stuck on islands in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea as ferries and flights were cancelled.

Efforts to reach trapped visitors appeared to be making headway on Thursday as flights to Koh Samui returned to normal and the country's only aircraft carrier, Chakri Naruebet, joined the rescue effort.

The ship docked in Sattahip naval base early Thursday morning carrying 734 holidaymakers, 532 of them foreigners, who had been picked up on the islands of Koh Tao and Koh Phangan.

The navy said more frigates are expected to collect tourists from isolated islands in the Gulf of Thailand during the day.

Bangkok Airways said flights to Koh Samui were operating normally and predicted it would clear the backlog of stranded passengers on Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said ferries to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan had also resumed.

"But for small islands like Koh Tao the naval response was critical. Thousands of tourists were stuck there and there was not enough food and water, so we had to help them first," he said.

He said up to 10 people were missing in the Krabi area after the mudslide.

Local authorities confirmed two people had died as the sludge submerged around 17 homes in the area, but Thailand's disaster prevention and mitigation department indicated the death toll could be higher.

The department said another 13 people were killed in floods across other parts of the south, with nine dead in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, three along the coast in Surat Thani and one in neighbouring Phatthalung. Another 181 people were injured.

In all, 81 districts of eight southern provinces have been declared disaster areas.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-

万五游客受困度假岛

万五游客受困度假岛　泰海军出动航母营救

泰国南部连绵豪雨所引发的水灾和土崩至今已造成至少21人丧命。该地区的火车服务已被取消，三座机场关闭，大约1万5000名游客受困于苏梅岛等著名的度假岛屿；泰国海军出动唯一的航空母舰参与营救行动。

副首相素帖说，政府派出唯一的恰克理纳鲁贝特号（HTMS Chakri Naruebet）轻型航母，营救受困涛岛（Koh Tao）上的1000多人。

内政部指出，共有1225名游客被困在涛岛，攀牙岛（Koh Phangan）有1100人受困。斯米兰群岛（Similan Islands）和素林岛（Surin Islands）分别有70人和55人受困。

英国驻泰国大使阿西夫说，英国政府和泰国海军正保持着密切的联系，讨论疏散受困游客的问题。

海军派出4艘船运送救援物品到重灾区，并拯救受困的游客和村民。

据了解，海军已从苏梅岛和涛岛疏散了1200人。但苏梅岛旅游协会的班那萨说，受困在该岛的游客有大约1万3000人。他警告，当地的粮食和燃料等供应可能会在未来几天出现短缺。

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