Along Thailand’s Andaman coast ... As for Nuengduangjai, for years after the tsunami, every time she looked at the sea she would get a panic attack. A roaring sound of waves haunted her in ...

THAI tourism industry icon Wichit Na Ranong, managing director of the luxurious Indigo Pearl resort at Nai Yang Beach in Phuket, says, “I would say we had a very fast recovery after the tsunami.

Richard de Gottal, from Worthing, said surviving the tsunami in Thailand had left him with an inexplicable bond to the country. "For me, I've always wanted to live there after that happened.