Thai travelers to France warned to take extra caution

[rooster59]

Thai travelers to France warned to take extra caution

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PARIS, 23 March 2019 (NNT) - The Thai embassy in Paris has warned Thai visitors to France to take extra caution and watch out for possibilities of theft, violence and yellow-vest protesters.

 

The Thai embassy in Paris has issued a travel advisory for Thai travelers to France in April to suggest they follow the latest news updates prior to their planned travels to the European country.

 

They are advised to make photocopies of important documents, only carry an adequate amount of cash with them, and to have the embassy’s phone number with themselves in case they need assistance. Travelers should be extra cautious of their belongings and avoid dressing with expensive accessories or showing off expensive items in public, refrain from talking to strangers who might be pickpockets.

 

Visitors who may rent cars are advised not to place their bags and luggage in places which can be easily seen from outside to prevent thieves from breaking in.

 

All travelers are advised to follow safety regulations imposed by the French authorities, and be mindful of their surroundings. Travelers should walk away from suspicious places where thieves might mingle around with them and call police where necessary.

 

Visitors to Paris are encouraged to check out venues for mass protests by yellow-vest movement which might take place every Saturday.

 

The embassy will post on its Facebook page on Fridays to inform the followers of the updated situation.

 

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[worgeordie]

The warnings are a mirror image of what tourists to Thailand

need to be aware of.except Red instead of yellow,depends on election results.

regards worgeordie

[ThaiBunny]

Just now, worgeordie said:

The warnings are a mirror image of what tourists to Thailand need to be aware of.

I was tempted to make a comment about Yellow Shirts getting everywhere.  Then I gave in to the temptation

[DLock]

The irony in this article is just too much.

 

[KMartinHandyman]

The irony in this article is just too much.
 

In response the French Embassy issued a warning to people visiting Thailand to: “Avoid being killed on an island, drowned in a boating accident, killed in a bus,car or motorbike accident, ripped off or beaten up by,,,oh never mind the list is too long, just be careful.”

[sunnyboy2018]

9 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

The warnings are a mirror image of what tourists to Thailand

need to be aware of.except Red instead of yellow,depends on election results.

regards worgeordie

When was the last time a red shirt was allowed to demonstrate? Not since the yellow shirts precipitated a coup against the elected government and they and their representatives banned from politics because they consistently won elections since 1991 and were a threat to power elite in Thailand. I was in Bangkok and saw with my own eyes yellow shirt thugs causing mayhem. I was in Thailand when yellow shirt terrorist hijacked the airport.  There is scant comparison between the situation in France and the situation in Thailand. Try reading a history book! Just saying.

[ThaiBunny]

3 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Try reading a history book! Just saying.

Try developing a sense of irony. Just saying.

[NCC1701A]

49 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The Thai embassy in Paris has issued a travel advisory for Thai travelers to France

don't read French history books?

[worgeordie]

58 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

When was the last time a red shirt was allowed to demonstrate? Not since the yellow shirts precipitated a coup against the elected government and they and their representatives banned from politics because they consistently won elections since 1991 and were a threat to power elite in Thailand. I was in Bangkok and saw with my own eyes yellow shirt thugs causing mayhem. I was in Thailand when yellow shirt terrorist hijacked the airport.  There is scant comparison between the situation in France and the situation in Thailand. Try reading a history book! Just saying.

No need to read a history book, I was here too,when the Red shirts took over Bangkok.

and where threatening to set it ablaze,"Yellow shirt thugs",I think you must be colour

blind,the thugs were wearing RED,sure the Yellow shirts were demonstrating,but it

was the RED shirts that had the guns and bombs,and RPG's.

regards worgeordie

[charmonman]

4 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

When was the last time a red shirt was allowed to demonstrate? Not since the yellow shirts precipitated a coup against the elected government and they and their representatives banned from politics because they consistently won elections since 1991 and were a threat to power elite in Thailand. I was in Bangkok and saw with my own eyes yellow shirt thugs causing mayhem. I was in Thailand when yellow shirt terrorist hijacked the airport.  There is scant comparison between the situation in France and the situation in Thailand. Try reading a history book! Just saying.

You need to read some history yourself perhaps. Red shirts in 1991? They did not exist as a movement until the 2000s. Even their hero Thaksin was nothing but an up and coming corrupt businessman in 1991, not involved in electoral politics, and most people had never even heard of the guy. As for yellow vs red shirts, the yellow ones had at least as hard a time when Thaksin was in power. Perhaps you weren’t around at that time,

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They are advised to make photocopies of important documents, only carry an adequate amount of cash with them, and to have the embassy’s phone number with themselves in case they need assistance. Travelers should be extra cautious of their belongings and avoid dressing with expensive accessories or showing off expensive items in public, refrain from talking to strangers who might be pickpockets.

Basically do as foreigners do when they come to Thailand.

[Muzarella]

Again.... Thailand is not Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket...or even Chiang Mai, like France is not Paris, Italy is not Rome and the USA is not New York and LA. Every tourist city and capital in the world is dangerous for visitors and the % of accidents and crimes with tourists in Thailand is low considering the number of visitors x population in a very small land country. 

[Burma Bill]

If they go sightseeing in Paris at the moment they might get more than an "eiffel"

[Mukdahanman]

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

, and to have the embassy’s phone number with themselves in case they need assistance.

I hope the Thai Embassy in Paris is more helpful than the British Embassy in Bangkok - as much use as a fart in a thunderstorm