The Prime Minister held a meeting to prepare for the high season of tourism.

Phuket, The Prime Minister used his holiday in Phuket to call a meeting to prepare for the high season of tourism, urging all sectors to prevent and suppress crime, ensure safety, and facilitate tourists, reducing the problem of waiting at immigration checkpoints to no more than 30 minutes. Prime Minister Settha Thavisin used his holiday in Phuket to call a meeting of tourism agencies in Phuket to prepare for tourism during the high season (September-February). The meeting included the Royal Thai Police, Police Region 8, Phuket Provincial Police, Tourist Police, Immigration Police, Marine Police, Royal Thai Navy, the provincial governor, and Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited. The Prime Minister has instructed all agencies, especially the police, to be prepared to handle tourist services, especially crimes that may occur from tourists or that may occur to tourists, because the number of tourists has increased. Although it is not yet the high season, there are still many tourists visiting Phuket. T his can be seen from the report of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited, which stated that during August, there were 20-30 flights arriving at Phuket Airport per day. During this high season, there will be 14,000-15,000 tourists landing at Phuket Airport per day, which means that there are 600,000 tourists visiting Phuket per month, which is a figure that has increased by more than 100% compared to last year. According to the report of the Provincial Police Region 8 regarding the measures to prepare for facilitating tourists and preventing crimes, the Provincial Police Region 8 has coordinated with the consulates of countries with a large number of tourists visiting Phuket, including Russia, China, India, Australia, England, and countries in the Scandinavian group. In addition, volunteers from various countries have been added to facilitate tourists who can communicate well with tourist volunteers who are experts in the languages ??of each country. He also stressed the need to monitor crime and drug problems after the government had a policy allowing entertainment venues to open until 4 a.m., which has been well-received in the past and has not caused any crime problems. The Prime Minister also asked the Royal Thai Navy, especially the Third Naval Area Command, to help inspect maritime safety, especially natural tourism, passenger ship problems, assistance for those affected by maritime accidents, and assistance for tourists who have problems and encounter accidents, as well as assistance and inspection of large cruise ships that come to park and stay for tourism in Phuket Province. He also urged the Phuket governor to investigate the hidden population, especially foreign workers and workers who come to work in Phuket, as well as tourists who come to reside in Phuket for a long time. He asked them to coordinate with the Immigration Police to verify the legality. At the end of today's meeting, the Prime Minister ordered the Airports Authority of Thailand to take special care of facilitating tourists, e specially in transporting luggage for passengers, which should not require long waiting times. He also ordered the use of an automatic document checking system to ease the burden on immigration police, reducing the problem of waiting at the checkpoint, which should not exceed 30 minutes during peak tourist hours. Source: Thai News Agency