Tourists who The Phuket News spoke with today (Feb 21) shook their heads at the polluted water flowing into the sea. One tourist questioned by the local government did not do anything about it.
Local business operators said the same.“It’s been a problem for a long time, but no agency has come forward to solve the problem with a long-term solution,” one operator at the beach said.
“Each year after receiving a complaint, officials came to inspect the water quality, then they disappear,” the operator added.
“This has been allowed for a long time. Wastewater in the canal gives off a bad smell. It’s annoying to tourists and damages the image of Kamala Beach, which is a famous beach in Phuket,” the operator said.
Many of the foreign tourists at Kamala Beach today still played in the water, but many tried to avoid going near the black water flowing into the sea.
While Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) has yet to publicly recognise the black water in the canal emptying across the beach this year, Kamala Mayor Jutha Dumlak last Thursday led an event with a local hotel group to announce the launch of the ‘Go Zero Waste: Save Our Ocean’ project.
The launch event was held on Kamala Beach.