Allerede ser mange at det er overkapasitet på hotellrom og boliger i store deler av Phuket samtidig som infrastruktur ikke klarer ta unna trafikk på en forsvarlig måte. Når vi i tillegg vet at prisnivå på Phuket er langt over resten av Thailand må jeg si at jeg ikke ser optimistisk på utviklingen der. Mange mener Phuket allerede er ødelagt grunnet for rask og stor utbygging. Turistene har jo tidligere trukket dit grunnet at Phuket var et "tropisk ferieparadis". Det som skjer nå høres ut til å ville endre hele øyen til en storby i enda større grad.
Phuket’s new town planning code will radically change island
Thailand’s Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning is finalising sweeping new development regulations for Phuket. The island’s MICE industry is expected to be a big winner from the proposed changes (more below).
In April the draft regulations were issued for public comment and it is expected the new set of rules will come into effect over the next year, pending reviews by the Ministry of Interior.
The biggest change in the regulations will be implementation of a FAR allocation (floor area ratio) to land size that is typically used in urban locations to manage density, according to Bill Barnett from c9hotelworks.com.
Controversially, the report includes new developments along the crowded west coast and would allow developers to construct buildings up to 15 storeys high along the coast. And up to 25 storeys high in the centre areas of the island.
- Government plans to spend one billion baht constructing four convention centres, each with a 3,000 pax capacity
- A MICE district will be constructed near Patong Beach in the next five years
- Roads to the Airport will be upgraded and new public bus serves added
- A new Airport would be constructed at a cost of 70 billion baht
- 280 billion baht budget to construct 70,000 new residential homes