webfact Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Thailand needs less guides - but higher quality with better language skills and knowledge Picture: Tourist Police Thai Channel 7 TV followed up on the visit of Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal to the Sanam Luang area of Bangkok yesterday investigating the issue of illegal guides. The job of guide is reserved for Thais. The media said that many are foreigners taking Thai jobs - but it is not as simple as that. One official was interviewed saying that the reason foreigners had carved a niche in the business was that they had better language skills than Thais and better knowledge of the places and history than Thais. They reported that there were about 83,000 guides working in Thailand but only about half were properly registered. Surachet said in addressing the media that Thailand needs only about 50,000 guides. He commented that moves were being made by the relevant ministry to ensure that standards of Thai guides improve in terms of language ability and knowledge of the places they were taking the tourists to. Source: Channel 7 TV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-03-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, webfact said: One official was interviewed saying that the reason foreigners had carved a niche in the business was that they had better language skills than Thais and better knowledge of the places and history than Thais. Ouch! 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 15 minutes ago, webfact said: and knowledge of the places they were taking the tourists to. i live in a well-known tourist area, not long ago i couldn't help but overhear a thai guide explaining the local market to a group of farang tourists, i couldn't help but laugh as he 'explained' pretty much everything wrong 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anon537687643 Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 Pathetic bunch! As if the issue is illegal guides! The language skills in Thailand are the worst in Asia ! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 32 minutes ago, markaoffy said: Pathetic bunch! As if the issue is illegal guides! The language skills in Thailand are the worst in Asia ! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Just waiting for the 'Thais don't need to speak English / Chinese because Tourist guides in Europe can't speak Thai blah blah blah'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) Quote They reported that there were about 83,000 guides working in Thailand but only about half were properly registered. Maybe TAT should make registration easier? Currently, tour guides must obtain insurance, which costs about THB 100,000 per year, in order for a company to register for a tourism guide license on their behalf. Quote Surachet said in addressing the media that Thailand needs only about 50,000 guides. 35 million tourist arrivals a year, and this idiot thinks that 50,000 tour guides are all that is needed? Obviously a Thai labor protectionist, the type that keeps Thailand locked in the 20th century. Edited March 16, 2018 by zaphod reborn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bullie Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 I would not say that Thailand needs less guides, I would say it needs FEWER guides, but with better language skills. And there, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have the problem in a nutshell. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 Thai guides are just as useless as the zombies in hardware stores. Only use I can think of is to provide carbon dioxide for plants. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thian Posted March 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2018 18 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Thai guides are just as useless as the zombies in hardware stores. Only use I can think of is to provide carbon dioxide for plants. hardware stores, computer shops, construction companies, professors ,and any other shop....never ever have i learned something from the sales..if you just google and read for 3 minutes you know more than all the shopemployee's together. It's very simple, walk in shop and look around...if you don't see what you're looking for it's a mai mee....if you ask questions (in thai or english before we get that) they'll ask/call their collegues who also have no clue at all.. So only look around and if you don't see it go to another shop. And at the end you'll buy it online. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconut007 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I don't use guides anywhere in Asia... I can spend 20 minutes online to print/save to pdf info about places we go and that's already 300% more than their knowledge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 What language skills " <deleted> you Farang" seems clear and precise to me, and appears to be the only universal words of English spoken by Thais. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom89 Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Speaking of better language skills, it should be fewer guides not less guides. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: One official was interviewed saying that the reason foreigners had carved a niche in the business was that they had better language skills than Thais and better knowledge of the places and history than Thais. Arrest the guy and send him for 100 AA sessions. He likely wants to call for a revolution staring with the education system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 An off topic trolling post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 if thais spent as much time learning to speak better English as they spend spinning reasons about why they cant..........Amusing Thailand ''land of excuses''.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 10 out of 10 for him recognizing the problems and actually addressing them. There are very few people here who can openly admit that there is a problem which needs to be solved. Let's hope they implement a good plan which will help, improve and educate the tour guides. I've seldom taken a tour guide when travelling, but the ones I sometimes overhear here in Thailand aren't particularly competent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 20 hours ago, jak2002003 said: Just waiting for the 'Thais don't need to speak English / Chinese because Tourist guides in Europe can't speak Thai blah blah blah'. Or they will require the tourists to learn Thai before coming to Thailand... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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