The Interior Ministry has instructed state agencies to step up tourist safety after a German media report that #scams are widespread in #Thailand.
The move comes after German television show Achtung Abzocke reported
on scams targeting foreigners, such as taxis charging excessive fares,
overpriced products and services, gangs selling fake rail tickets and
driving licences, and people pretending to be tourist police, said
Ronnakit Ekkasingh, deputy mayor of the Pattaya Special Administration.
Mr Ronnakit was commenting on Saturday at a meeting to discuss
measures to ensure tourist safety. Present were the Tourism Authority of
Thailand’s Pattaya office, tourism associations, tourist police and immigration police.
Mr Ronnakit said Pattaya
has an annual tourism income of more than 270 billion baht from its 18
million visitors. Of them, 10 million are foreign travelers, he said,
adding it is important to come up with measures to keep them safe.
He said the meeting agreed to integrate the work of agencies to
prepare for the tourist high-season, with a command centre to be set up
near Bali Hai Pier in southern Pattaya.
Source - BangkokJack
