"It's amazing what happened here. I followed everything from Australia," tourist John McGowan told AFP after taking photos at the visitor centre around 100 metres from the Tham Luang cave entrance.
There has been extraordinary global interest in the picturesque rural backwater of Mae Sai since 12 youngsters -- aged between 11 and 16 -- and their coach entered the Tham Luang cave on June 23, 2018. The cave, which previously received around 5,000 visitors a year, has since been inundated by visitors both Thai and foreign.
The government now has big plans for the area around the storied cave, Kawee added, allocating a total of 50 million baht including a shopping complex, restaurants, hotels and several campsites outside the national park. At the heart of the mural is the beaming face of Saman Gunan, the Thai Navy SEAL diver who ran out off oxygen attempting to establish an air line to the children and their coach -- the only fatality across the near three-week rescue mission.
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