At the moment, they (hotels) do not even have a map or instructions to tell the guests what to do in a tsunami. |
Hotels are investing billions of baht (Thailand's currency) to rebuild, but they don't want to spend some 500 000 baht (about R77 714) more to buy a small warning system and link into the government system to warn their guests. |
Hotels are investing billions of baht (Thailand's currency) to rebuild, but they don't want to spend some 500,000 baht (US$12,200) more to buy a small warning system and link into the government system to warn their guests. |
Several hotel guests have complained to me that they have seen no map, no signs, not even a brochure on what to do if a tsunami occurs. People who sleep in the rooms will not hear the warning from sirens if the hotel has not installed a warning system in their rooms. |
The government installing a system is a waste if the public still does not have knowledge about the system, and there is no party assigned to educate people on how the system works. |
They knew exactly what was going to happen, but they ... were afraid to make a decision, because they believed if they made a wrong forecast they would get blamed. |