Tourists still coming to Thai beaches
Okay, this article may be blowing things a bit out of proportion, but this is still awfully disturbing news.
On Patong Beach and Kata Beach – where hundreds died or disappeared four days ago – the smell of suntan lotion wafted from the shore as a new influx of tourists determinedly ignored the carnage around them, frolicking in the surf or reading under umbrellas.
An indignant Russian who arrived at the Novotel Phuket Resort on the day after the tsunami loudly complained that there was no champagne reception.
Other guests have pestered the hotel’s grieving staff with complaints that their rooms lack good views.
Belgian tourist Desmet Romain, 42, questioned whether he should have stayed on despite all the death and misery.
But the prospect of missing the New Year’s beach holiday he had been looking forward to all year was too much to bear.
“I didn’t want to go back to Belgium where it is so cold,” Romain said. “And in this hotel, it’s like everything is totally normal.”
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