(19 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vang Vieng, Laos – 19 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of tourist with backpack entering bar
2. Wide of bar
3. Close of sign
4. Various of bar and customers
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jasmine Antonius, Dutch tourist:
"Everyone here is very friendly because, like, most of the people here are, like, backpackers, so you share a few drinks with a few people and I think maybe some of the time you’re not really watching how your drink is being made or who has your drink while you are going to the toilet. And I feel like that’s very dangerous, so especially once you get tipsy or you get a little bit drunk, you’re not really that careful anymore. So I feel like maybe now it’s a wake-up call for many people since this has happened. So I hope people will take more precautions because it’s really sad."
6. Wide of tourists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sophie Rupert, Dutch tourist:
"Now, because here stuff really happened, that’s when you’re more careful. You think about it more. It’s not that we don’t drink anymore but you just have to really be careful.”
8 Various of tourists at food stalls
STORYLINE:
Tourists in Laos said they were "taking more precautions" on Tuesday after two Australians were being treated for suspected severe alcohol poisoning after apparently consuming tainted drinks in the country.
The two 19-year-old women were on a backpacking vacation in Laos when they became ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, The Age newspaper in the women’s hometown of Melbourne reported.
The two tourists were being treated in neighbouring Thailand.
"You think about it more. It’s not like we don’t drink anymore but you just have to really be careful,” Dutch tourist Sophie Rupert said after hearing about the reports.
"It’s a wake-up call for many people since this has happened. So I hope people will take more precautions because it’s really sad," Jasmine Antonius, another tourist, added.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that it was providing consular assistance to two Australians and their families in Thailand but could not provide further information for privacy reasons.
“Our thoughts are with them at this deeply distressing time,” the office said.
They were then transported to Thailand and are being treated at hospitals in Bangkok and Udon Thani, The Age reported. Their parents have flown in to be with them.
Vang Vieng is a tourist town particularly popular among backpackers seeking partying and adventure sports.
Businesses appeared to be going on as usual Tuesday evening in the surrounding neighbourhood of the hostel bustling with bars and food stalls.
It wasn’t immediately possible to verify reports that other tourists were also poisoned in the same incident.
===========================================================
Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d14e15ae30074c36ac00231bcb3630d0
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in November 24, 2024, 3:05 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
