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Παρασκευή 13 Απριλίου 2018

Tourists play safe- urges police, 4 million expected to travel within Thailand Songkran Festival











Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για Tourists play safe- urges police, 4 million expected to travel within Thailand Songkran Festival


Authorities have been urged to step up measures for public safety as around four million people are expected to travel within Thailand during the Songkran holiday between Friday (April 13) and Sunday.

During the Songkran Festival the police will deploy more personnel for the safety of all revelers.

Authorities and experts stated that it was everyone’s responsibility to ensure safety, especially from crime and accidents during the busy travel period and at celebrations.

About three million domestic tourists and 930,000 tourists from abroad were expected to travel within the country during three days of Songkran mentioned tourist Police deputy commander Police Major General Surachet Hakpal.

From last year there was an increase in the number of travellers.

The police further stated that 5,000 tourist police officers and volunteers will be deployed foe assistance to tourists.

Songkran is a peak period for tourism and draws major revenue for the country.People from across the world visit Thailand to celebrate the festival and many Thais avail the long weekends within the country and get back to home too.
The police wants to ensure the safety of all the tourists and travellers.


Thailand welcomed more than 1.53 million international tourists, while 1.25 million Thais also travelled within the country during that period as per the  Ministry of Tourism and Sports within the short period from April 1 to 17 last year.

The seven-day period from April 11-17, 2017, generated up to 45.4 billion baht (S$1.9 billion) in revenue for the country.

Further Maj Gen Surachet said that the people should not be solely dependent on police officers to provide safety. They must take personal precautions to ensure they don’t land themselves in dangerous situations.

He requested all the people to take caution and not to enjoy Songkran at the cost of their safety by getting too drunk or going to travelling to dangerous places alone.

Many people might become victims of crime like attacks and robbery due to risky behavior.

High number of road accidents is a threat to public safety and last year’s statistics showed there were 3,690 road accidents during the seven monitoring days of Songkran, which killed 390 persons and injured 3,808 persons.

To avoid road accidents during the period the director of the Academic Centre for Road Safety,  Thanapong Jinvong asked people who drive and travel by car should strictly comply with traffic rules by driving within speed limits.