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Buenos días.
Cronica negra...tailandesa
New Year's Eve was grim for some with 72 people killed and 716 others injured in road accidents.
From December 29 to 31 there were 1,696 accidents, which was 128 less than last year. Some 1,811 people were injured, which was 177 down from 2009, with 151 people killed, which was 17 less than the same period last year.
Del 31 al día 1 murieron por accidentes de trafico 72 personas y desde el día 29,151 personas fallecieron por la misma causa...Las cifras no estan mal teniendo en cuenta que el año pasado fue peor...
La mayoria de los accidentes fueron de moto,exceso de velocidad y bebida alcoholica
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Sawasdee
Parece ser que el gobierno tailandes quiere cerrar alguos sitios de buceo...sera verdad? Algo deberian de hacer...por lo menos darle un descansito a los sitios donde podrian estar sobre explotados.Noticia del Bangkok Post[/b]
Business > Tourism
Coral 'needs years' to recover
EXPERT SAYS CLOSING DIVE SITES ONLY ONE MEASURE OF MANY NEEDED TO BATTLE BLEACHING
Published: 23/01/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Closing popular diving sites will provide only short-term relief to the problem of coral bleaching, but cost the tourism industry millions of baht a year, industry experts say.
WHITE OUT: No easy solution to bleaching.
The Marine and Coastal Resources Department is pressing ahead with a plan to close 10 popular diving sites in five provinces to limit the impact of tourism on severely damaged coral.
The sites attract about one million tourists a year, and could be closed for up to 14 months.
But diving operators say tourism is but one cause of the bleaching phenomemon, and if the diving sites are closed for as long as proposed, taxpayer help may be needed to keep some companies alive.
"Diving companies are being singled out for blame, when the main cause is a warming of sea temperatures," said one disgruntled company head.
Some coral reefs may need several years to recover, not just a matter of months, they say.
Veteran marine biologist Thorn Thanrongnawasawat said closing the coral reefs will give the coral time to recover, but more permanent solutions are still needed.
He said man-made dive sites should be developed to help relieve pressure on popular coral reefs. Artificial reefs should also be produced, and coral transplanting considered.
"Closing the dive sites gives the coral an opportunity to revive.
"This does not mean that the coral will revive automatically, however. It really depends on how we tackle other factors that may affect them such as water pollution," said Dr Thorn, who heads the department of marine science at Kasetsart University's faculty of fisheries.
Scientists believe the main cause of the bleaching is the warming of the oceans, which forces zooxanthallae, an algae which coexists with the coral and gives it colour, to extract itself from the coral. Many coral reefs in the Andaman Sea have turned a pale yellow or white colour and gradually died.
The diving sites facing temporary closure to allow coral to recover from bleaching are located in Hat Nopparattara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi; Mu Koh Surin Marine National Park (Phangnga); Mu Koh Rang National Park (Trat); Koh Tao (Surat Thani); and Koh Pai and Koh Kang Kao (Chon Buri).
Defending the proposed closure, the department says that without immediate action, the corals may be lost permanently, which would cause even more economic damage.
Dr Thorn said the closures which stand to affect tourists the most are in Surin and Tarutao Marine National Parks, where up to 80% of corals have bleached.
Some tourism operators say the extent of the damage has been exaggerated.
Fabian Teruel, general manager of Khao Lak Scuba Adventure and a member of the Khao Lak Diving Operator Forum in Phangnga province, said news about coral bleaching has hurt local businesses.
Many tourists mistakenly believed that coral leaching was widespread.
At some sites, such as the Similan Islands, bleaching had affected only only a few dive sites.
Customers had asked about the closures, and some threatened to cancel bookings.
"We can still dive in several spots. We want to make clear that some islands such as Surin may have been affected, but there are several other places like the Similan islands which have not been affected much by the phenomenon," Mr Teruel said.
The government was wrong to blame divers for destroying coral reefs.
Most divers were environmentally conscious, and would not try to harm the coral.
Jannee Jandamneornpong, manager of the Phi Phi Scuba Diving Centre, said operators were willing to cooperate with the closure but the government should come up with measures to help them survive.
Tourism businesses on the island had yet to recover fully since the 2004 tsunami.
"We are business operators, but we are also concerned for the environment. Without a quality environment, we cannot survive," said Ms Jannee.
Estoy pensando en irme a Tailandia por libre en julio, pero he visto que vuelven a haber manifestaciones tanto de camisas amarillas como de camisas rojas.
¿Cómo veis la estabilidad del país? ¿Es seguro o se puede volver a los disturbios de hace relativamente poco?
Según la web del ministerio (todos sabemos que exagera un poco) habla de "extremar la preocupación"
En fin, espero que este sea el lugar adecuado para plantear mi duda, si no, ruego que la trasladen al sitio correcto.
Hola! Me han comentado algo de que ha habido bombas en alguna zona de thailandia por las islas. ¿sabéis qué hay de cierto en esto?
Muchas graciasss
Hola
Las bombas son siempre en las mismas zonas, en los 4 pequeños estados del sur, cerca de la frontera con Malasia en donde hay una guerrilla independentista fundamentalista, pero eso sucede desde hace muchos años y ha sido comentado en muchas ocasiones en este foro.
Un saludo
Hay muchas gracias! esque el que me lo ha comentado ha oído campanas y no sabía dónde y la verdad yo tampoco estaba enterada de dóndew era concretamente. Muchas graciasssssssss
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Sawasdi
Antes de que os entereis por ahí,en la tele o los periodicos.Los militares tailandeses y camboyanos se liaron a bombazos en la frontera y la cosa parece que esta contenida,nada de que preocuparse.El lio ya es viejo y es por un templo que fronteriza los dos paises en la provincia de Si Saket.Los puestos fronterizos que usais para visitar Cambodia estan abiertos.
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Aquí en España ya empezaron ayer a sacar noticias un tanto alarmistas sobre el tema. Ya sabes lo que les gusta la carnaza a los periodistas de ciertas emisoras...
Yo pasé las navidades en España, y estabamos militarizados mes y medio, eso si... Bahh, eso no es nada ... Es España y no pasa nada.
¿Las Bombas que desde el año 2000 ponen en una provincia fronteriza de malasia? , a ver que piense que pais en los ultimos 40 años a tenido por lo menos 4 grupos terroristas ... Mmmm... ¡¡¡España!!!, Eta, grapo, terra lliure, Gal , así de memoria me vienen pero claro es españa y no pasa nada. Y por favor... ¡¡¡diganme nombres grupos terroristas budistas!!!
Sobre el problema fronterizo con Camboya viene de Largo. No tanto como nuestro Gibraltar, ni tanta tensión como un Perejil. Todos los años sale alguna noticia del dichoso Templito que se disputan...
Miedo me da cuando vuelvan los camisas rojas a las calles, espero que las TV españolas se distraigan con otra cosa, porque vaya tela... Con lo bien que se vive en tailandia, y el daño injustificado que hacen a este Pais ... Y ni cuento cuando fallezca el rey, mejor ni pensarlo ... En fin, crean lo que quieran, pero yo tengo mas sensación de inseguridad en España. El mayor peligro del Pais es que te enganche y no querer volverte a España.