Phuket, Thailand: Tourists continue to ignore red flags on beaches

COMMENT: As a follow-up to my posting yesterday (June 24), on the large number of tourists who have drowned off Phuket beaches since the onset of the monsoon season (May through October), please see the link below to THE PHUKET GAZETTE’s piece in today’s issue (July 25). THE PHUKET GAZETTE article also identifies a British man, 47, who drowned after ignoring the red flags on the beach, directing tourists NOT to go into the water. Read article