The tourists were from Spain and had rented a boat to cruise off the coast of Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi, according to Pol Col Anurak Parinyasathirakul, the Krabi Marine Police chief. The voyage started on Tuesday and was to end on Saturday, Bangkok Post reported.
Fourteen tourists, four of them children, were rescued by park officials and a boat operator off Thailand’s Koh Phi Phi island on Saturday after their rented catamaran stalled in rough seas.
The tourists were from Spain and had rented a boat to cruise off the coast of Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi, according to Pol Col Anurak Parinyasathirakul, the Krabi Marine Police chief. The voyage started on Tuesday and was to end on Saturday, Bangkok Post reported.
The seven crew members on board the boat were all safe. Park officials used a patrol boat and speedboat off Koh Phi Phi.
The Meteorological Department on Sunday warned of high waves in the Andaman Sea until Thursday due to the impact of Typhoon Mangkhut on the South China Sea.