{"id":4966,"date":"2013-08-01T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2013-08-01T03:03:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T07:03:21","slug":"tourists-evacuated-from-thailand-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/08\/01\/tourists-evacuated-from-thailand-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists Evacuated from Thailand Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors to Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) on Thailand&#8217;s island of Koh Samet are being evacuated due to an significant oil spill that occurred July 28th. \u00a0Thai officials estimate that 5,000 liters (or approx 1,300 gallons) of crude oil have washed ashore while the total spill is estimated at approximately 50,000 liters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4988\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4988\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4988\" alt=\"oil2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/08\/oil2.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil2.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil2-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright, Bangkok Post<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Some groups are questioning if 50,000 liters is a real number or if much, much more oil spilled. \u00a0&#8220;If that (50,000 liters) was the real amount, they should have already eliminated it &#8212; they should have solved the problem fast enough before it reached Samet island,&#8221; said Sathit Pitutacha, from Thailand&#8217;s Democrat Party.\u00a0Greenpeace, and environmental group, has called the spill &#8220;massive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4987\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4987\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4987\" alt=\"Copyright, Bangkok Post\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/08\/oil1.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil1.png 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil1-300x170.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil1-296x167.png 296w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/oil1-213x120.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright, Bangkok Post<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Due to its proximity to Bangkok, Koh Samet is a very popular weekend holiday destination typically drawing large crowds. \u00a0Many tourists have been displaced from hotels and forced to relocate. Some hotels have been providing vouchers to cover cost of new hotels or have provided refunds.<\/p>\n<p>The company responsible for the spill has sent 300 workers to clean up the spill. \u00a0 The impact to tourism long term is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors to Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) on Thailand&#8217;s island of Koh Samet are being evacuated due to an significant oil spill that occurred July 28th. \u00a0Thai officials estimate that 5,000 liters (or approx 1,300 gallons) of crude oil have washed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Tourists Evacuated from Thailand Beach http:\/\/wp.me\/p39prY-1i6","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[212,91],"tags":[285,4],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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