Israelis in Thailand Urged to Uphold Respectful Conduct

[MalcolmB]

8 minutes ago, quake said:

people need to stop talking about it ).

“The complaints say they are drunk and rowdy… they steal,” Police Major Kriengkrai Sansalee told This Week in Asia. “[People say] they come in large groups, spend a little and bargain a lot. Local businesses are affected the most because when they come, other tourists go elsewhere.”

So far this year, 13 Israelis had been charged and deported for crimes ranging from theft to public nuisance, he added.

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3299193/young-israelis-rile-thailands-pai-town-their-bad-behaviour

 

 

[MalcolmB]

There is a post-military tradition of travel among young Israelis, with thousands of Israelis spending months in countries such as India, Sri Lanka and Thailand every year.

But the number of these Israelis converging on Pai has riled up the local population.

“The Israelis here treat us like second-class citizens … we’re tired of it,” a Thai businessman in Pai, who requested anonymity fearing a fallout affecting his firms, told This Week in Asia.

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3299193/young-israelis-rile-thailands-pai-town-their-bad-behaviour

 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

 

“The complaints say they are drunk and rowdy… they steal,” Police Major Kriengkrai Sansalee told This Week in Asia. “[People say] they come in large groups, spend a little and bargain a lot. Local businesses are affected the most because when they come, other tourists go elsewhere.”

So far this year, 13 Israelis had been charged and deported for crimes ranging from theft to public nuisance, he added.

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3299193/young-israelis-rile-thailands-pai-town-their-bad-behaviour

 

 

South China Morning Post  you posted this yesterday. It was wrong then too.

 

Over the past year, police arrested 1,634 foreigners for violating traffic rules and 27 visitors including 13 Israelis for illegal immigration in Pai, he said.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2966381/no-israeli-settlement-or-business-dominance-found-in-northern-thailands-pai

[Harrisfan]

25 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

South China Morning Post  you posted this yesterday. It was wrong then too.

 

Over the past year, police arrested 1,634 foreigners for violating traffic rules and 27 visitors including 13 Israelis for illegal immigration in Pai, he said.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2966381/no-israeli-settlement-or-business-dominance-found-in-northern-thailands-pai

Plenty of Brits, Americans and Aussies in the 1600. 

[quake]

58 minutes ago, mogandave said:

How do Thais know they are Israelis? 

 

Oops couldn't  resist it.  

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Pai perhaps. 

Pai was a dope head **** **** last time I drove through there. If it ( the dope head part ) vanished it would be a good thing. The outskirts are pretty, especially the main road where wedding photos are taken. Nice restaurants too.

[Bkk Brian]

24 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Plenty of Brits, Americans and Aussies in the 1600. 

Exactly

[MalcolmB]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Exactly

 

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Exactly

Have you got a link to back that up?

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

 

Have you got a link to back that up?

I don't have a link to anyone saying exactly no..........lol

[Harrisfan]

9 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Pai was a dope head **** **** last time I drove through there. If it ( the dope head part ) vanished it would be a good thing. The outskirts are pretty, especially the main road where wedding photos are taken. Nice restaurants too.

Mountains, river towns and beaches. No one special area.

[MalcolmB]

33 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Plenty of Brits, Americans and Aussies in the 1600. 

Rubbish

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

Rubbish

No Brits commit road offences? 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Mountains, river towns and beaches. No one special area.

I only passed through with a meal break a few times, but I drove through the "tourist enclave" to see what the fuss was about. It was like a zoo for pot heads. It was as if Khaosan Rd ( the 90s version ) had been transplanted to Pai.

[Harrisfan]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

I only passed through with a meal break a few times, but I drove through the "tourist enclave" to see what the fuss was about. It was like a zoo for pot heads. It was as if Khaosan Rd ( the 90s version ) had been transplanted to Pai.

Exactly right. Same as Haad Rin on kpn.

 

I find Nong Khai and Chiang Khan to be nicer. 

[cdemundo]

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Or the Thai PM or deputy PM Anutin.

The Thais call us Brits “The Land of the Gentlemen”

Huh, never heard that one.

I am from the US and my neighbors can't remember if I'm from the UK or US.

 

But if Brits popular image is like British film stars (David Niven or Hugh Grant for example) here one also meets the low class Brits who are anything but gentlemen.

Yobs I think they are called.

 

I know, a lot of American's behavior is indefensible, every country seems to have some embarrassing folks.

[goldenbrwn1]

4 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

I haven’t seen any Thais banning and putting up “No Brits” signs anywhere in Thailand.

 

 

It’s just Jew hatred…put simply. This pro Palestine nonsense is supposedly the cool crowd right now , until some other deluded cause rears its head

[Greenhill]

5 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

While I agree in sentiment, people that behave poorly are not going to be convinced not by a pamphlet.

 

"Recommendations include curbing loud behaviour in shared spaces, respecting private property, adhering to traffic rules, observing visa limitations, dressing suitably, and negotiating courteously in markets."

 

I'm a bit out of the loop, but are Israeli/Jewish tourist generally known to behave poorly? 

 

 

Not more, or less than any other group of tourists in their early twenties!!