Puriphat Teerakulpisut, Director of the Marine Department, said each of the five beaches where jet ski rentals are allowed will be divided into six zones.
This would prevent crowds of jet skis in one place on the beach. Jet-ski owners would be required to display clearly the official orange registry number from the Marine Department on their machines.
Registration, he added, would allow the Phuket Jet Ski Association to monitor the conditions of jet skis to make sure they are in seaworthy condition.
K.Puriphat added that the jet-ski contracts, to be signed by operators and customers, will be available in Russian as well as in Thai and English, because there had been a high volume of Russian tourists recently having problems over damage done to jet skis.
Registered jet ski operators must now have insurance, with a deal having been done with Ayutthaya Insurance to provide policies.
However this covers damage to machine only up to B50,000. For amounts beyond that, the contracts stipulate that the customer pays, not only for the damage but also for lost income while the jet ski is repaired.