Tag: Koh Larn
Security, cleanliness gets focus on Koh Larn beaches
Police and Marine Department officers were out on Koh Larn to keep the beaches clean and safe for tourists.
The sand was full of sun-lovers...
Ministry of Tourism and Sports gears up public relations and warning...
A task force from the Tourism Safety and Security Standards Division of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports visited Koh Larn to provide tourists...
Pattaya to reinstall old Koh Larn buoys, step up enforcement following...
Pattaya will re-install old buoys off Koh Larn following marine accidents on two consecutive days that left one Chinese tourist dead and nine people...
Chinese tourist killed in jet ski collision
A Chinese tourist was killed during a collision between his jet ski and a moving speedboat off Koh Larn. Qi Ding, 25, died at...
250 military, police officers sweep Koh Larn
About 250 police officers, soldiers, sailors and local administrators swept through nine places on Koh Larn, looking for illegal drugs and registering migrant workers...
Koh Larn remains popular with Chinese
Undeterred by August’s Bangkok bombings and recent reports of the rape and accidental death their countrymen in Pattaya, Chinese tourists continue to flock to...
Two disasters at sea narrowly averted
Speedboats swarm to the rescue to evacuate tourists as smoke billows from the engine room of the Rungorawan 2. Two disasters at sea were...
Deputy Prime Minister inspects Koh Larn boat operators
Deputy Prime Minister Yukol Limamthong joined city officials and police in a snap inspection of Koh Larn marine operators aimed at ending Pattaya’s string...
Deadly sunken ferry raised from Pattaya Bay
Pattaya salvage teams have raised the Koh Larn Travel ferry that capsized early this month, killing seven tourists and injuring dozens more. ...
Ferry captain high on drugs during accident killing 6 tourists
Bloody finger of incrimination again pointed at fast-talking, slow-acting marine regulators A captain high on methamphetamines was behind the wheel when a passenger ferry...
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