PHUKET: Two years behind schedule and 70 million baht in the making, Phuket’s long-awaited one-stop yacht center will open with a two-week trial period, starting on Monday.
“Officers involved in yacht-arrival services, such as immigration, customs and the harbor master, are now moving into their new offices,” Phuket Marine Chief Phuripat Theerakulpisut told the Phuket Gazette.
The rotunda-style building at the end of Chalong Pier, originally slated for completion in 2012, has an administration room, immigration office, customs office, plant and animal quarantine area and an office for Phuket Marine officials, he noted.
All yachts entering Phuket waters must report to the one-stop center and register on a GPS locator system that cost 15mn baht to set up.
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