A SPEEDBOAT IS PULLED BY A TRACTOR AT THE END OF THE DAY ON PHUKET ISLAND,...

A speedboat for tourists uses its own engine to assist as a tractor pulls it out of Emerald Bay late October 31, 2002 on the Southern Thai resort island of Phuket. Thailand reassured tourists on Thursday that the country was safe despite warnings from western nations such as Britain which said on Tuesday threats to westerners on Phuket island had increased sharply. Phuket relies heavily on the tourist trade and economists say a major fall in tourist arrivals would slice a large chunk off Thailand's foreign exchange earnings and throw millions of people out of work. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JS