Tourists injured by the Saturday clash are invited to file insurance claims to International SOS Co Ltd at 02-205-7711, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Prakit Piriyakiet, deputy governor for marketing communications at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said that the agency has also discussed with the insurer to count the Japanese photographer shot dead during the clash as a tourist. He would be entitled to compensation of Us$10,000. TAT has sent a letter of condolence to the Japan Embassy in Bangkok.
Prakit added that TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni has already paid an injured German tourist a visit. He quoted the tourist as saying that the accident was inevitable as that he still maintains the Phuket itinerary.
