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Trat and Royal Thai Navy to develop first marine
burial ground
Oct 14, 2006
Trat Province will coordinate with the Royal Thai Navy in
promoting historical-based tourism, to commemorate the naval warfare on
Chang Island.
Mr. Surapol Saiphan, the Deputy
Governor of Trat, attended the meeting with relevant agencies to improve the
scenery of Naval Warfare Monument on the island. He said the meeting has an
idea to develop Laem Ngob District and Koh Chang Sub-District into
historical-based tourism destinations. The province will ask the Royal Thai
Navy to being in two discharged battleships to the island. One of them will
be located near the monument while the other one will be submerged into the
sea for scuba divers to visit.
Mr. Surapol said the marine warfare on
Chang Island is considered an important historical event. At the moment,
Chonburi Royal Ship and Songkhla Royal Ship are underwater. The province,
together with the Royal Thai Marine and the Designated Areas for Sustainable
Tourism Administration (DASTA) is organizing the destination to become the
first marine burial ground of Thailand and the second in the world, to
commemorate the Thai navies who lost their lives there.
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