The number of deaths from the sinking of Thai tourist boats

The Phoenix sank after being hit by five-meter-high waves in a storm off Phuket, whose beaches and nightlife attract tourists

Some Thais and tour operators have asked why the Boat was at sea in bad weather. The Chinese government has also called for a swift investigation into the cause of the accident, said the Thai government's media office in Phuket.

Pratt Wongsuwan, number two of the Thai junta, ordered an investigation into the reasons Ambulances discharged from the bodies in the hospital on the east coast of Phuket that received most of the victims, while the staff was visibly escorting family members in distress in a waiting room.

The hospital stocked bodies in an improvised morgue The Thai government said in a call, urging potential donors to contact the hospital.

"Urgent: the Chinese Embbady calls 40 freezers," said the Thai government in an appeal. given, said Jessada Chokdamrongsook, an official of the Ministry of Health.

Rear-Admiral Charoenpol Kumrasri, an badistant commander of the Thai Navy, who helps lead the rescue effort, said that he was confident that divers would complete their search of the sunken ship. 39, here Saturday.

"After this evening, if we do not find any more missing in the wreckage, the missing will come to the surface and we will be able to find Tourism is a key factor in the growth of the second largest economy in the world. 39, Southeast Asia, accounting for 12% of gross domestic product, and the largest number of foreign visitors come from China.

Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Saturday called on Thai tourism authorities to make the risks of travel, including weather conditions, clearer for tourists.

Thailand is in the middle of its rainy season which usually extends from May to mid-October. Accidents like the Phoenix disaster are bad for Thailand, said the head of the tourist police, Surachate Hakparn, adding, "We must be tougher."

Thailand is already under the spotlight a multinational effort to save 12 schoolchildren and their football coach trapped for days in a northern mountain grotto picks up speed

Reuters