Trat tourism declared "all white": Police 'proactive' in trying to solve problem of illegal drugs

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Inspiring confidence!

 

Daily News reported that the tourist police in the popular tourism areas of Trat in eastern Thailand were being proactive to inspire confidence among tourists. 

 

Lt-Col Pattanapong Siricharoen said that he was acting on orders from RTP chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat and tourism police chief Pol Lt-Gen Sukhun Phrommayon to do something about the drug menace.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Tourist areas were visited and the drivers of public vehicles and boats were tested for drugs.

 

This would also help prevent crime.

 

Daily News did not report if any drivers or boat captains tested positive. It was all about the PR.

 

Pattanapong said that drugs were a menace to society in general and tourism in particular.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

He declared that his intention was to make Trat a "White Tourism Area".

 

This appeared to relate to being drug-free and safe. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that the RTP have been scurrying to create renewed confidence in the force after it took a further battering in the massacre in the north east by a former cop mixed up in meth. 

 

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[stoner]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pattanapong said that drugs were a menace to society in general and tourism in particular.

any more dangerous than your drug of choice....power.

[Bert got kinky]

He declared that his intention was to make Trat a "White Tourism Area".

That's already been tried in the past in 'selective' areas of the United States. ????

 

[Gecko123]

The Daily News article never uses the term "all-white." It's unfortunate that the author of this thread chose to use this inflammatory term which: (1) falsely perpetuates the notion that Thailand prefers white tourists; (2) serves to marginalize non-white tourists; and (3) appears intended to appeal to and provide a source of amusement to those harboring white nationalist sentiments.

[JoePai]

So no Nigerians ?

[topt]

2 hours ago, JoePai said:

So no Nigerians ?

Was my first thought on seeing the headline...........

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

He declared that his intention was to make Trat a "White Tourism Area".

That's already been tried in the past in 'selective' areas of the United States. ????

 

Say that but i'd feel safer living in an all white one than an all black one in the US or even London !

[connda]

I'm not going to any "tourist area" where cops are stopping people to give the drug tests.  That's called totalitarianism.  What I want from the cops when I visit is to limit their activities to 'keeping the peace', not shaking down everyone in sight.

I'll pass on Trat.  Thanks for the heads-up.

[Don Chance]

Indians will take over Thailand as the #1 tourist group in the future.

[Aussieroaming]

White must be the new black.

[gomangosteen]

3 hours ago, Don Chance said:

Indians will take over Thailand as the #1 tourist group in the future.

Does it matter to you?

 

As of 2022 visitors from Malaysia, India and Singapore make up the top 3 nationalities visiting Thailand.

 

^A combined 31%. 

 

[metisdead]

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[Don Chance]

59 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

Does it matter to you?

 

As of 2022 visitors from Malaysia, India and Singapore make up the top 3 nationalities visiting Thailand.

 

^A combined 31%. 

 

Imagine 1.6 billion people in India and 20% are joining the middle class.  They might all like to come to Thailand because their own beaches are so covered in rubbish.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Lt-Col Pattanapong Siricharoen said that he was acting on orders from RTP chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat and tourism police chief Pol Lt-Gen Sukhun Phrommayon to do something about the drug menace

So what was he doing before he was told to do something?

[Rhetorical Q]