Nothing divides opinion in Thailand like Chinese vacationers today. For the previous few months, The Thaiger has run more stories about China and Chinese vacationers than another topic.
Thailand’s public health minister says Chinese tourists won’t be discriminated against!
Thailand prepares to welcome the infected tide of Chinese tourists!
Chinese vacationers anticipated to flock again to Phuket and Chiang Mai!
Not a lot is anticipated from Thailand’s gold gross sales this Chinese New Year!
Chinese vacationers trickling in after reopening!
From the feedback on published tales and the fixed stream of recent ones, it is clear that Chinese tourists are hated, feared, liked, wanted, undesirable, needed, irrelevant, coming soon, not coming in any respect, infectious, rude, wealthy, wholesome and miserly. They “flood in” as a lot as they “trickle.”
There is at all times one other dimension, a model new lie, an unexpected truth. “Chinese tourists in Thailand” is the story that retains on giving.
Today’s surprising melodrama comes from a posting in Chinese social media – no purpose there to suppose authenticity – that tells the story of how a Chinese vacationer was given a police escort to sweep her and her mother from Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Pattaya. It’s a very heartwarming method for the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to welcome our beloved (or much-hated) Chinese pals (invaders).
In a transfer representing true state-of the-art policing, top cop Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas was stimulated into decisive motion after viewing a video clip posted on TikTok. Damrongsak has ordered an investigation into claims by the Chinese tourist that she received “special services” from Thai police.
The woman was on a go to to Pattaya – goodness only knows why – together with her mother.
So just what type of “special services” does the RTP provide in Pattaya? Strict discipline, on the very least, one would hope, and obviously there’s the uniform factor. And the torture.
While reserving transport from Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Pattaya, says the young girl on the video, she was provided a police escort for a “small” further charge.
There isn’t any English translation of the video, however you get the purpose.
A police escort from the airport to the popular seaside resort apparently prices 7,000 baht (US$215) for a automotive and 6,000 baht for a motorcycle. The precise taxi costs another 1,200 baht.
Damrongsak has ordered an investigation to find out if the people in the video clip are genuine Thai law enforcement officials and he desires the outcomes on his desk pronto! Perhaps he wants to recruit them?
“I had by no means seen anything like this so I determined to attempt the service,” explains the cute little woman. She appears to have been delighted by the service, as can be many others. It’s a pink letter, gold star, blue riband service which is ready to surely please all visitors to the dominion.
Minutes can be mistaken to place an end to the entrepreneurial spirit of his loyal males. And these days, this may be the only means you will get to your lodge in Pattaya without being punched by a Russian or robbed by a ladyboy..