If you’re afraid of snakes, look away now – a 29-year-old Chinese tourist was bitten on the face by a snake after she tried to kiss it in a Thailand zoo.
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Judging from the video, the tourist was trying to kiss the snake.
Ms Jin Jing was rushed to Phuket International Hospital and received treatment for minor cuts and bruising to her nose – luckily the python was non-venomous.
“Going forward, we will no longer let tourists play with or touch the animals to avoid incidents like these”, Nisakorn said.
The fate of the snake at the show in Chalong on the south side of the island is unknown.
It cited a representative of the Pa-wai Odski company, which runs a “snake charming and venom collection show” as saying the firm paid £2,200 for “her medical bills, pain and stress”.
Operators of animal-show |venues in Phuket will also be summoned to outline long-term safety measures at a meeting on Thursday, Santi said.
A photo of the woman, later identified as 29-year-old Jin Jing, was posted on social media.
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He said Phuket had only five or six venues featuring snake shows for tourists, and that his office only issued licences to possess the animals on |the condition that companies would not put them on show unless they received local authorities’ permission.
