NLA tourism panel studies illegal tour guides in Pattaya

PATTAYA:--Parliament’s tourism committee held a hearing in Pattaya to take on the issue of illegal tour guides.

 

Boonreung Polpanitch, chairperson of the National Legislative Assembly’s Religions, Arts and Cultures, and Tourism Committee, brought the Nov. 16 hearing to order with Chonburi Tourism and Sports Development Director Seree Jampaneng and Pattaya municipal police chief Maj. Gen. Jeerawat Sukontasap testifying.

 

The committee is looking at complaints in Pattaya, Chantaburi and Bangkok about foreigners running illegal tourism businesses, specifically Russian, Chinese and Indian nationals working as tour guides without licenses and, many times, without work permits.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

The committee is looking at complaints in Pattaya, Chantaburi and Bangkok about foreigners running illegal tourism businesses,

Do they ever look at police owned businesses; or the police collecting a monthly 'music permit' allowance from all businesses in the area?

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

The committee is looking at complaints in Pattaya, Chantaburi and Bangkok about foreigners running illegal tourism businesses, specifically Russian, Chinese and Indian nationals working as tour guides without licenses and, many times, without work permits.

The committee is obviously unaware that it cannot be 'many times without a permit' as a tour guide, as stated.

It is "every time", as tour guide is a reserved occupation for Thais. They also therefore cannot have a licence as a tour guide.

Perhaps someone should tell them - or tell the journalist, assuming they may have reported it incorrectly.

Thailand is begging the Chinese to come back, but are investigating illegal Chinese tour guides.

 

Which way do they want it!

The junta-appointed NLA that operates without a 'license' from the Thai people is looking at nationals working as tour guides without licenses.

Takes one to know one.

8 hours ago, Rimmer said:

The committee is looking at complaints in Pattaya, Chantaburi and Bangkok about foreigners running illegal tourism businesses, specifically Russian, Chinese and Indian nationals working as tour guides without licenses and, many times, without work permits.

 

And they do it openly 

So why not arrests them 

My guess, corruption 

 

Just question the person holding the leaders' flag leading the different gawking Chinese tourist groups on Walking Street. Start there and then on to the other popular tourist spots and lookouts. 

EI think the status of protection for Thai employment has gone on long enough. Thais should learn to compete like they do in other nations, where opportunity is open to all and the best qualified and best service-minded get employed.

 

There are many thousand foreign workers employed here usually going the jobs Thais don’t want to do as they are too much like hard work, or jobs for which Thais are unavailable eg consultancy, engineering, where the Thai education system is not geared up to produce high quality workers.

 

if they addressed these problems there would be no need to artificially restrict foreign workers from some occupations.

13 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

EI think the status of protection for Thai employment has gone on long enough. Thais should learn to compete like they do in other nations, where opportunity is open to all and the best qualified and best service-minded get employed.

 

There are many thousand foreign workers employed here usually going the jobs Thais don’t want to do as they are too much like hard work, or jobs for which Thais are unavailable eg consultancy, engineering, where the Thai education system is not geared up to produce high quality workers.

 

if they addressed these problems there would be no need to artificially restrict foreign workers from some occupations.

I agree about addressing the problems. However, this requires: forward thinking - planning - commitment. Not strong points in most departments here.