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Tham Luang cave to be rehabilitated and upgraded into a national park

After the completion of the search and rescue operations, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will carry out rehabilitation of Tham Luang cave to repair all the damage inflicted on the cave by the operations and to upgrade it into a national park.
Mr Jongklai Worapongsathorn, the department’s deputy director-general, said today that Minister of National Resources and Environment Gen Surasak Kanchanarat, has assigned the department to work out short-term and medium-term plans to rehabilitate Tham Luang cave and its landscape and to repair all the damage inflicted on the cave during the search and rescue operations, such as holes drilled through cave wall.
He said the department had set sight on further developing the cave into a tourist destination, adding that the cave has the potential to attract tourists.
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