Tag: Koh Samet
56 illegal resorts and hotels, and parasailing ordered to leave Ko Samet
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has now set ultimatum for 56 resorts and hotels encroaching on national park on Ko Samet [Read More…]
Another speedboat mishap leaves 30 injured off Samet Island
About 30 tourists were injured after a speedboat rammed at a transport boat anchoring about 300 metres off Samet Island in Rayong province before dawn [Read More…]
Chinese tourist drowns off Koh Samet
RAYONG — A Chinese man drowned in the waters off Koh Samet on Tuesday. Wang Lei, 53, was swimming with his Chinese friends in front [Read More…]
State Petroleum Agency ‘Sorry’ For Leaked Chemical
RAYONG — Thailand’s state petroleum enterprise apologised for leaking chemicals near a residential area in eastern Thailand – a year after an oil leak from [Read More…]
Samet tourist association sues PTTGC for Bt1 billion
A TOURISM association on Koh Samet has slapped PTT Global Chemical with a Bt1-billion lawsuit for damages its oil leak caused to the island. About [Read More…]
Koh Samet’s Ao Phrao to reopen on Friday after oil spill
Koh Samet’s Ao Phrao, hit by an oil spill several months ago, will officially reopen to tourists this Friday. Seawater-quality tests have confirmed that the [Read More…]
Demolition begins of three illegal resorts in Koh Samet
The demolition of three big resorts, built illegally in the midst of the sea on Rayong’s Koh Samet, was begun yesterday by the state environmental [Read More…]
Oil spill: Contamination in and around Koh Samet causing concern
The second test of the seawater around Koh Samet, which was hit by the oil spill, shows the level of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) as [Read More…]
