Pattaya: Koh Larn survey shows tourism over-whelming facilities on island

Consultants have completed a long-awaited survey of Koh Larn’s tourist capacity. The survey says it’s the first step toward new zoning laws to protect the island’s ecosystem.

Ampai Sakdanukuljit, assistant director of the Tourism and Sports Council, officially presented the Silapakorn University report his group commissioned to Pattaya Deputy Mayor Apichart Virapal, Tourism Authority of Thailand Pattaya office Director Suladda Sarutilavan, and police and military officials on June 5.

The 3,411-rai island off the coast of Pattaya has 1,567 hotel rooms and attracts an average of 10,000 visitors a day, with that number more than doubling in high season and on holidays.

Its six major beaches are visited mostly by Chinese (40 percent), Russian (30 percent) and Thai (20 percent) tourists who generate more trash than the island can handle.

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Silapakorn calculated the island produces anywhere between 50 to 300 tons of trash a day. Pattaya, meanwhile, is said to generate 450 tons a day.

Koh Larn previously could tow about 20 tons of trash to the mainland each night, but recent boat breakdowns have cut that. The island is now preparing a budget to purchase new barges.

STORY: PattayaOne.news

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