Monkeys barge into new Phuket resort
The monkeys are coming!
Well, at least they are coming to one new resort in Phuket’s town of Chalong. The management team at the Noku Phuket resort says that monkeys have been seen on the resort’s grounds and tried to get into the guest’s rooms.
Wildlife officers inspected the resort on Tuesday, with the chief of the Wildlife Education Centre at the Khao Phra Thaew Non-Hunting Area spelling out a few rules for guests. The chief, Pongchat Chouehorm, said…
“They must absolutely not give the monkeys any food.”
Pongchat said guests should not leave waste outside of the room while they’re waiting for it to be collected, because wild animals would eat the food scraps. He also said that employees should check to make sure that food scraps had been collected. Officers then set up traps meant to catch animals that trespassed.
Pongchat said that the rules would be used as guidelines for hotels located in or near hilly areas, or mangrove forests.
This is not the first time monkeys in Thailand have made their way into the nation’s resorts. In May, a couple arrived at a luxury resort in Krabi to find a group of monkeys in the hot tub. In a video posted on Facebook, a group of monkeys can be seen having the time of their lives, diving into the steamy hot tub, swimming under the water, and jumping in from high up in a nearby tree.
SOURCE: The Phuket News
