Almost 30 tourists have been rescued from their speedboat which was leaking en route from Koh Lipe to Phuket.
Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park dispatched a park patrol boat and the Nanthicha 333 speedboat to rescue 28 tourists stuck on the Andaman Sea near Koh Poda Nok off the coast of Krabi province on Monday.
The tourists, whose nationality was unknown, returned to Phuket from Lipe in Satun province on the Siriwan Marine 5 speedboat, according to the national park.
The boat's bottom began leaking due to the impact of big waves and the skipper could not steer the boat to Koh Phi Phi as water continued to seep into the vessel, the park added.
The tourists were sent to Maya Bay on Monday while waiting for a new boat to take them to the destination.