Better supervision of adventurous attractions after the death of a Canadian tourist is desirable
April 28, 2019
The Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports wants a new law for better safety requirements of adventurous tourist attractions such as zip lines, banana boats, jet skiing and parasailing.
The reason for this is the fatal fall of a Canadian tourist during Songkran at the zip line in Chiang Mai.
Minister Weerasak, who wants the new law, says that not only ziplines, but also other attractions should be more strictly controlled. According to him, supervision falls short compared to other countries.
Now only local governments are responsible for the safety of these attractions, but they often lack knowledge about the attractions and do not know how to maintain them.
Source: Bangkok Post
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When the calf has drowned, the well is filled in. And in a few weeks the calf will be forgotten and the muffling will stop until the next calf drowns again. And because this is Thailand, it will continue for a long time and many more calves will die.
Nothing to add to Charel's reaction, correct representation of reality. Just as some people are color blind, Thai people are similar in terms of safety. They simply don't see it. Should you blame them or not? In any case, you should be aware of it and take it into account for your own safety. ..
Another law that adds nothing.
Thailand is riddled with laws that no one knows.
The operator has probably already broken ten laws, enough to put him behind bars for the first 200 years before he even has his customer hooked up to that cable.
There are already enough laws, but it's about enforcement.
Maintenance is not something the average Thai commits. Let alone preventive (really difficult word for Thai) maintenance.
In addition, the principle here is: if there has been a calamity, you will shout something in front of the stage. Look at situations such as flooding (showing on TV that during the rainy season a little dredging is done, but after a few days it stops. And the same ritual again the following year). Structurally nothing is being done. Even now it will stay with blablabla.
Yes…they are back with the prejudices “because something like this only happens in Thailand”….Just type in a zipline accident and you will get these kinds of accidents from all over the world.Another accident fairground attraction: In the Netherlands a child died last week a fairground attraction fell I didn't hear anyone confirm that the safety is so bad here. I still find it inconceivable that you are still in Thailand or come when everything is so bad. But I will be wrong again
well Sheng. Glad to hear that you believe that everything is in tip-top order here in Thailand in terms of safety and (preventive) maintenance.
Why do many still stay in Thailand? Among other things beauty of the country, friendliness of the people perhaps? The climate also plays a role.
Teun, just a question could you tell me where I write that everything is safe in Thailand… nowhere.
What you're doing is pure mood-making, writing something for the sake of writing.
There is a considerable group here that draw everything in the negative as far as Thailand is concerned. Yes, I will always respond to that, although most of my responses are rejected by the moderator, also this one? Why, because (but I only suspect that) it is apparently forbidden or not desirable to respond to the systematic insults (because that's what they are) against the Thai people that are committed here.
Also on this theme, it is again pretended to be a Thai problem, and one must also admit that no it is not, this occurs everywhere.
You write, among other things, “the friendliness of the people”…..wonder what Thai people would say if they knew how negative and insulting they are often reacted to here.
But I assume that those negative people also say that to their Thai friends, neighbors partners in perfect Thai so that you can tackle the problem of the Farang together. However….
Respect is like a mirror.
The more you show it to other people, the more it will reflect back on you.
Buddha