Picture: Siam Rath

 

A deputy commander of the Royal Thai Police said that the force's many long arms would be embracing the arrival of foreign tourists and making them feel super welcome.

 

From July 1st Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat said that many more tourists are expected to arrive due to PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's easing of regulations.

 

At the five international airports they would be met by 2,000 immigration officers smiling and giving great service. 

 

Scowls were out and that famous Thai smile was back - bigtime. 

 

Tourists could expect to be whizzed through immigration and soon enjoying a holiday of a lifetime. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

But it won't end there - throughout their stay the tourist police are on standby 24/7 nationwide. 

 

With the help of the "I lert u" app and the 1155 hotline (30 lines no less) tourists can report any difficulties and get an instant response. 

 

Safety and health was the force's number one priority, said Damrongsak, while saying that the force will be making sure that all tourists register at hotels - 100%.

 

Yes, it's all part of the RTP's "Op Un Prathap Jai" welcome - making tourists feel all fuzzy inside and highly impressed. 

 

The upbeat comments came as bespectacled Pol Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk, RTP chief, inaugurated a new building for tourist police on the grounds of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok's main hub.

 

He came bearing gifts for 2,000 tourist cops reminding them they were part of the front line now that Thailand was opening up again, reported Siam Rath. 

 

Damrongsak further urged all Thais to follow the force's lead in making sure that all foreign tourists are made welcome to the Land of Smiles.

 

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the cannabis floating around thailand is no where near the quality to help them make this happen. 

There will be no flooding back, at least this year. Action too late.

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Yes, it's all part of the RTP's "Op Un Prathap Jai" welcome - making tourists feel all fuzzy inside and highly impressed. 

Immigration will be handing out free ganja cigarettes with each arrival stamp????

feeling all fuzzy when charged up to 10x the cost for Thais ? 

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

while saying that the force will be making sure that all tourists register at hotels - 100%.

so tourists that come to see family and stay with them cannot, they must register at hotels

No more Brown Envelopes Hmmmm!!

I think not.

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

they would be met by 2,000 immigration officers smiling and giving great service. 

That would be a novelty .......

regards Worgeordie

 

Sure they will go for the rinse option before this spin cycle starts  ????

The fuzziness is wearing my fuzzy onesie with my Rabbit ears as I walk by the traffic booth at the intersection while carrying my easter basket with the rotten eggs that need to be tossed at the RTP for such a lousy job they do.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Damrongsak further urged all Thais to follow the force's lead in making sure that all foreign tourists are made welcome to the Land of Smiles.

Did you hear that, gold snatching transvestites, rouge traders, con men and price gauging men and women of this country?...

Are the tourist police also issued with drunken tourist control sticks?

 

 

 

RTP message to tourists flooding back: We're gonna impress you and make you feel all fuzzy inside
 

Just do your job is enough. 

The definition of cringe

1 hour ago, webfact said:

With the help of the "I lert u" app and the 1155 hotline (30 lines no less) tourists can report any difficulties and get an instant response. 

Hello, is this 1155?

Yes, how can we help?

Can I speak to Nina please?
Who is nina, sir?

 

Nina, from the hotline. I saved up some cash and want to go all in.
Make it a bit dirty today, krub.

Meanwhile at immigration offices nationwide the same miserable mob will continue in their pursuit of the most annoyingly pedantic style to all that dare to disturb them.

2 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

Immigration will be handing out free ganja cigarettes with each arrival stamp????

Haha your directed to the prikpot counter after you pass through customs to get your fuzzy deal. 

2 minutes ago, pokerface1 said:

Haha your directed to the prikpot counter after you pass through customs to get your fuzzy deal. 

Its a great hoot but seriously , now that everything seems legal I guess Prikpot and many other companies could rent space in arrivals and sell cannabis. Bet it is less fattening then the garbage from the likes of Dunkin Donuts etc.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

2,000 immigration officers smiling and giving great service. 

and none of them will speak one word of a foreign language.... tourist police on a tourist oriented country but not speaking any foreign languages seen it as it happen in front of me and I had to help translate

What a load of Borax.

1 hour ago, RafPinto said:

Hello, is this 1155?

Yes, how can we help?

Can I speak to Nina please?
Who is nina, sir?

 

Nina, from the hotline. I saved up some cash and want to go all in.
Make it a bit dirty today, krub.

I remember Nina.

 

Had a love affair with Nina
In the back of my Cortina
A seasoned-up hyena
Could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena.

 

 Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well.

 

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

Are the tourist police also issued with drunken tourist control sticks?

 

 

 

Quick get his wallet 

How about some relaxation visa exemption up to 60 days instead of this meaninless propaganda.

I know there are a lot of cynical people, and I am usually one of them (and still am)…. But, this message is the right message to send out, it is a step in the right direction and the idea that at least someone in a ‘position to make announcements’ is thinking like this can only be a good think…

 

Welcoming well behaving tourists often secures return of those same tourists - it’s simply good business. 

1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

Meanwhile at immigration offices nationwide the same miserable mob will continue in their pursuit of the most annoyingly pedantic style to all that dare to disturb them.

Let’s face it… it’s a sh!t job and they have to deal with all-sorts… 

 

They could be more welcoming & polite but a general indifference is not offensive or upsetting - few bad apples the vast majority are simply going through the process & following requirements.  
 

If anything the requirements could be simplified & more logical - that would also help.  

Legal pot and a move on the way to scrap afternoon booze bans and now no masks

 

 

Ys there an election soon? 

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Please dont make claims unless you can support them with credible evidence of that claim.

Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat has likely been smoking alot of cannabis, or doing some outstanding mushrooms. He is so out of touch, he does not seem to have the faintest idea who his police force is, when they can or cannot do, and how many countless issues face the tourism industry here.

 

And they keep on insisting all you have to do is announce you are open, and most restrictions are gone, and millions will just flock back in, and if nothing happened. The world is a different place, and tourism here will never, ever be the same again. 

 

 

 

Here's a farang getting that warm, fuzzy feeling inside on Jomtien Beach, lol!

 

 

I visit family in November. Stay at various relative's homes throughout stay. What about this 100% stay at hotel business?