Illegal Foreign Tour Guides Bypass Thai Law with Bribes

[JJ-Thailand]

Surprise, bribes in Thailand. 😂😂😂😇

[ericthai]

7 hours ago, phil2803 said:

the way things stand it looks like you could be kicked out of Florida too and end up in that supermax that your beloved leader is supporting and wants to build 5 more of.  I am from Australia fortunately but I think if you have been married for an extended time, have step children and or children of your own then its time for Thailand to embrace you as a permanent citizen.  I am the same as you.  Married 38 years, 4 children.  Great to visit and see her family but I don't like feeling the eternal outsider.

 

 

you can get Thai parament residency and even Thai citizenship. It's not that hard. It takes time and costs a good amount, being married to Thai does make it easier. 

 

 

[still kicking]

8 hours ago, kuzmabruk said:

Jail time for any officials caught taking a bribe. 1 day per 1 baht in bribe paid.  10,000 baht = ~30 years.   That will stop it in its tracks.   Penalties need to be severe.  No helmet, no more motorcycle.  

And then you woke up.

[Sydebolle]

In most Western countries there is no need for the "pourboire" as nobody would arrest a Thai guide accompanying a group of Thai citizen. Nobody speaks Thai better than a Thai, nobody knows the Thais "dos and donts" as well as a Thai. 

A professional guide (that does not mean those commission-hunting crooks around the Grand Palace) is an asset to the group and the host country. 

I still have to meet the Mongolian, Bhutanese or Suaheli-speaking Thai guide who knows the "dos and donts" of the visitor and can act as a valuable "go between". 

But in the land of the semi-divine it is, of course, a completely different thing (see "commission") 

[DonniePeverley]

Most of these are blatantly advertising this online. I'm shocked at how open it is. 

 

There needs to be an immediate return to 30 day visa, to reduce the volume of long stayers exploiting the system. 

[rough diamond]

2 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Most of these are blatantly advertising this online. I'm shocked at how open it is. 

 

There needs to be an immediate return to 30 day visa, to reduce the volume of long stayers exploiting the system. 

Why?

What harm are they doing to you?