Floating football field keeps Thai tourism blues at bay
Koh Panyee, Thailand
WITH its stunning limestone cliffs towering over stilt houses surrounded by azure waters, the island of Panyee is a typical Thai paradise. But it's not mother nature drawing tourists here - it's a floating football pitch.
Thailand's tourism industry has taken a battering this year following months of protests, the May military coup, the subsequent imposition of martial law and the brutal slaying of two young Britons on the holiday isle of Koh Tao in September.
The Immigration Bureau says there has been a near 9 per cent drop in tourist arrivals between January and October compared to the same period in 2013 - a painful blow for the millions of Thais whose livelihoods depend on the industry. But in Panyee, part of Thailand's picturesque Phang Nga province, foreign visitors keep coming, thanks to excitement over the community's innovative and highly unusua…
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