On Sunday, a collision occurred between a tourist boat and a fishing vessel in the Andaman Sea near Phuket, Thailand, resulting in 23 people being injured. This was reported by Kazinform, citing information from TASS.
According to the publication Thairath, the death of an 18-year-old Russian woman among the injured has been confirmed.
According to a TASS source in the tourism sector, the operator organizing the excursions primarily serves Russian-speaking tourists and operates in the low-budget segment, which negatively affects the quality of services provided.
The source noted that there have been previous accident cases involving boats from this company.
