Tourists flock to Tham Luang cave on opening day

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Tourists flock to Tham Luang cave on opening day

 

Image: Manager

 

Hundreds of tourists went to Tham Luang cave on its first day of renewed opening yesterday. 

 

The cave in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand was the center of world attention for weeks when 12 Wild Boar footballers were trapped prompting an international rescue effort. 

 

Everyone was saved and a Netflix movie soon followed. 

 

Now parts of the cave have reopened to the public. The entrance and first chamber and an area where there is a spirit house can be accessed by the public who are being let in a few dozen at a time. 

 

 

The cave is open from 8.30 am to 4.30pm. 

 

More than a million and a half people have visited the cave since the drama in July of last year but they have not been allowed inside until now. 

 

Rites to celebrate the occasion were held by local officials.

 

Source: Manager

 

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[keith101 7,213]

Local Thai tourist and possibly a few Chinese but I doubt any from Western countries .

[villagefarang 14,643]

Asians are tourists, too.

[poohy 4,525]

Never seen the interest in caves myself,although i tried potholing in my teens scared me witless

However it Didnt take em long to make a bob or two out of the cave and rescue!

[elcaro 103]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

Local Thai tourist and possibly a few Chinese but I doubt any from Western countries .

Your doubts are wrong. Was there last week with my western mates

[Borzandy 2,318]

It's very funny to make selfies where some children almost died

[justin case 1,336]

they should show "47 meters down uncaged" in that cave

 

lol

[rovinman 9]

I hope that there's a plaque, to the Thai Marine who died, trying to save those boys  !

[KC 71 979]

7 minutes ago, rovinman said:

I hope that there's a plaque, to the Thai Marine who died, trying to save those boys  !

Yes

i think there is a statue

my wife said he wanted to save them because he never had the chance to have kids himself

[brakar 67]

I want to visit the place next time, hopefully Jan-Feb next year

[JAG 23,262]

1 hour ago, rovinman said:

I hope that there's a plaque, to the Thai Marine who died, trying to save those boys  !

There is a larger than life size bronze statue of him outside the gallery which houses the large painting. It shows him in his diving gear, with twelve wild boar piglets gathered at his feet. I thought it was quite moving.

Edited November 2 by JAG

[bkk6060 5,775]

2 hours ago, Borzandy said:

It's very funny to make selfies where some children almost died

Maybe your selfies always need to be funny?

Most people are probably posting it with respect as a place where children were all saved.

 

[possum1931 9,939]

4 hours ago, poohy said:

Never seen the interest in caves myself,although i tried potholing in my teens scared me witless

However it Didnt take em long to make a bob or two out of the cave and rescue!

We all knew that was coming.

[Burma Bill 1,498]

7 hours ago, keith101 said:

Local Thai tourist and possibly a few Chinese but I doubt any from Western countries .

I have made 3 visits to the Tham Luang National Park since the rescue and on all three occasions I saw plenty of Western tourists among the multi-national hordes that now visit this commercialized attraction.

[TigerandDog 293]

8 hours ago, keith101 said:

Local Thai tourist and possibly a few Chinese but I doubt any from Western countries .

You'd be surprised how many western tourists I've seen there. I was there a few months ago, and even though you could not enter the cave I saw at least 100 or so farang tourists. So your assumption is off the mark.