With great joy our local waveriders here on the West coast celebrated the first waves at Surin beach for the year, and heralds the changing seasons. With almost clocklike precision Easter and Songkran ran by in a flurry of activity despite Bangkok troubles and the Euro flight cancellations. The hotels to date have enjoyed good occupancy and rates, with some suggesting their best ever quarter.
The island this fine Monday has, however a different feeling…. The beach is quieter, roads less travelled and the need to make restaurant reservations mostly over till High season again. This week we officially end high season and rates will be discounted out as much as 50%.
The weather, as hot as it has been will continue to build in pressure the next month, as the first of the rains come, which are badly needed. Between now and Sept/Oct we will have rolling storms coming in from the Andaman sea, mostly short sharp heavy dumps of rain, often late afternoon, followed by a spectacular sunset and another glorious morning. The swells will get heavier and over the next month most west coast beach restaurants will close down. A new lifeguard contract has been handed out, and training yesterday at Surin was well under way, just in time for heavier swells.
In 2009 we cancelled low season and recognized that Phuket is now an annual destination, an annual SUMMER destination. The temperature is pretty stable, it never gets cool, it rarely rains solidly for more than a day and with those much needed rains Phuket takes on a wondrous green glow. Green season, Summer season, Surf season, Monsoon season take your pick, but be sure that in 2010 there is a much wider range of both hotel and private villa accommodation for you to choose from.
This Thursday the 22nd we start the first beach cleanups for the year, sponsored by the hotels and supported by local government this community effort continues on 2009s success and has a schedule out to November.
See the Thai and English version at:
http://www.summerinphuket.com/summer-phuket-media.html
Indigo has been a proud supporter of this initiative and an island wide plastic bag charge of 2 baht per bag that is about to be started, and recognizes that sustainability is critical if Phuket is to remain idyllic, pristine and continue to be one of the worlds leading beach destinations.
The Summer In Phuket team hope to see you on the beach on Thursday and appreciate your support keeping the Clean Phuket momentum pushing forward in 2010..
Keep Phuket Green, Keep Phuket Clean
Nick Anthony
nick@indigoRE.com
+66 89873 2042 |
