Phuket Tsunami on December 26, 2004

No one was harmed and the resort was protected from the tsunami by a barrier reef, but 60 of 300 staff had family members killed or injured -

In response to the tragedy, Thailand implemented preventive measures, including the installation of two tsunami detection buoys off Phuket and

phuket tide table The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami caused a serious physical damage to hotels and a high cancellation of bookings in the post disaster period, which, in turn, led to

phuket tide A man smokes a cigarette on the beach, the day after a tsunami hit Patong Beach on Phuket Island, Thailand On December 26, 2004, a major earthquake