Staff transferred after Naga Cave congestion

BUENG KAN: Officers overseeing the doorway of Naga Cave have been transferred and a few guides banned, after the well-known attraction at Phu Langka Nationwide Park was flooded with guests over the weekend.

Damras Phoprasit, director of the Nationwide Parks Workplace, stated on Monday {that a} new workforce had changed all workers on the entrance of Naga Cave, after an inside investigation on Sunday discovered that greater than 500 vacationers have been allowed to enter the location on Saturday.

Mr Damras didn’t elaborate on the variety of workers answerable for the doorway and didn’t specify the precise variety of guests on Saturday.

Naga Collapse Bung Khong Lengthy district has a restrict of 500 guests a day, with final entry at 2pm. Individuals are required to e-book their go to prematurely by way of the QueQ software.  It takes round 5 hours to discover the mountainous cave. The tour for about 5 hours for a visit to go up and down from the mountainous cave.

Posts on social media have proven greater than 500 guests on the cave on Saturday. As a result of congestion, many needed to go away the location within the late hours of the night time.

Mr Damras stated some officers colluded with native guides to permit guests who didn’t make a reservation to enter the cave. The vacationers paid the guides between 500 and 1,000 baht for the entry, he added.

The guides who violated the park guidelines had been banned and the workers who colluded with them would face disciplinary motion, he stated. 

On Sunday, Pure Assets and Setting Minister Varawut Silpa-archa expressed displeasure after seeing photos of the overcrowded cave posted on social media. He vowed to take motion towards park officers.

Naga Cave has become a must-see attraction within the northeastern province, because of social media influencers who assist promote a rock formed like an enormous snake or the physique of a serpent positioned on the web site.

Phu Langka Nationwide Park on Monday reminded individuals planning to go to the cave that they have to e-book their go to by way of QueQ prematurely.

“Any vacationer making a reservation with tour teams or companies apart from Phu Langka Nationwide Park with no proof exhibiting the official reservation is not going to be allowed to go to Naga Cave,” it warned.

The entry cost for Thai nationals is 20 baht for adults and 10 baht for kids, plus 10-baht insurance coverage. 

For foreigners, the cost is 200 baht for adults and 100 baht for kids, plus 40-baht insurance coverage.