Perhaps ScubaBoard should arrange a male only Surge to "Death Island", but all the men must wear bikinis. This could rid the island of the problem (and probably of most of its population).
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It would be interesting to hear @Ian Yarwood's response as he features in this article a bit.
I tried to see if there was any granular OZ data re Koh Tao but only found country wide data.
Thailand represents just over 4 times the risk of death for Australians than Indonesia. Couldn't find comparative data for the Philippines and Vietnam.
Top five countries for death cases
Top ten destinations for overseas trips
- 238 Thailand up 17%
- 153 Philippines up 21%
- 117 Indonesia up 9%
- 98 United States down 1%
- 85 Vietnam down 2%
The website aihs.gov.au puts the death rate for Australians at just over 500 per 100,000, so 238 deaths for 580,200 visitors looks good, except for the fact that the aged, the infirm, the termianally ill are unlikely to travel. On the other hand you probably have a whole lot of sub 30 year old males in Thailand, doing really stupid things. When I was in that category, I had several incidents that could easily have been fatal, without leaving Melbourne.
- New Zealand 1,419,600
- Indonesia 1,209,600
- United States 1,082,300
- United Kingdom 644,600
- Thailand 580,200
This happened everywhere and is NOT exclusively on Koh Tao only.Not too many dive boats going to chop you into pieces in Melbourne are there?
Well you are not taking things into context. The response was to “similar things happen on the streets of Melbourne.” I didn’t see a lot of amphibious diving boats on the streets of Melbourne, but maybe my few Days there wasn’t a full experience. I’m sure there plenty of Rophenol to go around there as well as Thailand.This happened everywhere and is NOT exclusively on Koh Tao only.
We have one case in our local water several yrs ago. Another local resident suffered the same fate in Apo Island(Philippines) not too long ago.
If you bothered to search in SB(Accidents and Incidents) you will find plenty of examples.
Not too many diving boats going to chop you into pieces in Koh Tao are there?Not too many dive boats going to chop you into pieces in Melbourne are there?
What is your point?I did my OW through Rescue courses at KT over several years...and lived to tell about it. Of course I didn't do any of my training in a bikini.
Not unless you excuse this British diver struck by boat propeller while diving at Koh Tao Island - Koh Phangan Island NewsNot too many diving boats going to chop you into pieces in Koh Tao are there?