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Mu Koh Similan National Park officials on Friday brought tourism entrepreneurs and the press to witness its natural beauty and readiness to reopen for tourists in the upcoming high season from October 15 onwards.

Jara and Nami islands -- two popular tourist attractions near Seoul -- have been submerged as water levels rose following the recent downpour that battered South Korea's central region.

Visitors to Ranong province either already feel the lure of Kam Nui and Phayam islands or they’re told about it repeatedly. The lure proves inescapable, and the islands are easily reached with a short boat ride.

Residents on Ghoramara fear that the votes they cast Sunday in India’s election may be the last before their island sinks into the Bay of Bengal – a victim of climate change’s growing toll.

Four islands in the Haad Chao Mai National Park in Trang will be closed to tourists for four months from June 1.

A destructive earthquake that struck New Zealand two years ago has left its two main islands edging towards each other, and one city sinking, according to scientists.

The Tarutao Islands National Park has been declared as an area free of plastic and styrofoam containers for the current tourist season.

THOUGH EXCESSIVE tourism has garnered recent headlines over threats to the health of Thailand’s diverse saltwater seas, illegal fishing presents another big challenge to preserving their rich natural resources.

Vietnam Thursday reiterated its strong objections to China’s recent activities in the Paracel Islands (Hoang Sa archipelago) and reasserted its sovereignty over the islands, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thị Thu Hang 

Four Trang islands have been closed to tourists for four months to allow time for their ecosystems to rehabilitate.

The mayor of Songkhla’s Muang district municipality said on Wednesday that he will soon hold a public hearing on his plan to relocate 4,000 monkeys to two islands.

Phuket is addressing is monkey trouble by setting aside a Bt900,000 budget to move troublesome primates to uninhabited islands in the region.