Hospitalisations in Thailand up by a third as Brits ignore moped warnings

[Boater]

Brits behaving badly abroad: 5,400 tourists arrested in a year sparking warnings they could spend years in foreign jails

• Increase in arrests in United Arab Emirates, Canada and Netherlands
• Drug arrests also up in USA, Greece, UAE, Portugal and China
• Hospitalisations in Thailand up by a third as Brits ignore moped warnings
• Number of Brits raped abroad up 9% on 2011-12 and up 20% on 2010-11
• FCO warns of dangers of spiked drinks and taking lifts from strangers

One British holidaymaker is arrested every two hours as they travel abroad in search of cheap drink and sun.

More than 5,400 were detained by police overseas last year, including 653 held in connection with drug offences.

Ministers issued a stark warning to Brits that they risk ‘throwing years of your life away in a foreign prison’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2368360/5-400-British-tourists-arrested-year-sparking-warnings-spend-years-foreign-jails.html#ixzz2ZOfnMa3M

Edited July 18, 2013 by Tywais

[Boater]

Thailand

Total assistance: 1,141

Drug arrests: 36

Total arrests or detentions: 188

Deaths: 389

Hospitalisation: 285

Reports of rape: 9

Reports of sexual assault: 4

Issue of emergency travel documentation: 603

Other kinds of assistance: 266

Edited July 18, 2013 by Boater

[harrry]

It would be interesting to have some compative figures of a comperable population being involved in these sorts of incidents if they remained home. They would have to be based on days of residence or something like that.

I know that statisticly at some stages of the war in vietnam it was safer to be posted there than remain home as deaths in that age group due to motor vehicles etc were much higher in their home country.

[swissie]

To make it a measure of things, one would have to know how many Brits are going overseas. = percentage.

Cheers.

[Soutpeel]

Thailand should hurry up and introduce the mandatory health insurance for farangs they were talking about

[robblok]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

[soi41]

Thailand should hurry up and introduce the mandatory health insurance for farangs they were talking about

Sure blame it on the hostcountry, that Brits drive drunk, don't use a helmet and take drugs!!

And how exactly would a mandatory health insurance change that behavior??

[Kudel]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

[Kudel]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

[geriatrickid]

To make it a measure of things, one would have to know how many Brits are going overseas. = percentage.

Cheers.

More specifically the increase in numbers and the demographics. If there has been an increase in young males, then that would explain alot. Young males in every country are the the people who are most likely to misbehave.

[harrry]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

Well you do not expect them to go all that way on their bicycles do you?

[robblok]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

You are contradicting yourself.. how can we block the roads in our former province Belgium f we don't travel abroad.

We are still waiting till Belgium breaks down and part of it comes begging to be reunited with us.

[alfieconn]

Thailand should hurry up and introduce the mandatory health insurance for farangs they were talking about

Why ?

[Kudel]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

You are contradicting yourself.. how can we block the roads in our former province Belgium f we don't travel abroad.

We are still waiting till Belgium breaks down and part of it comes begging to be reunited with us.

I seem to remeber a few years ago that a big part of the population in zeeuws vlaanderen wanted that area to become part of Belgium after a poll was done

[robblok]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

You are contradicting yourself.. how can we block the roads in our former province Belgium f we don't travel abroad.

We are still waiting till Belgium breaks down and part of it comes begging to be reunited with us.

I seem to remeber a few years ago that a big part of the population in zeeuws vlaanderen wanted that area to become part of Belgium after a poll was done

Could, be anyway I was just joking a bit

[robblok]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

You are contradicting yourself.. how can we block the roads in our former province Belgium f we don't travel abroad.

We are still waiting till Belgium breaks down and part of it comes begging to be reunited with us.

I seem to remeber a few years ago that a big part of the population in zeeuws vlaanderen wanted that area to become part of Belgium after a poll was done

Could, be anyway I was just joking a bit

[Kudel]

Just an other sign the Brits can't behave us Dutch are angels the quality tourists the look for (when we are not selling drugs or using it) so ban all the Brits from entering Thailand then that mandatory insurance is not necessary.

Dutch travel abroad rob?no way dutch are gypsies living in caravans and moblle homes blocking al the roads in Belgium each summer when they migrate to the south.;-)

You are contradicting yourself.. how can we block the roads in our former province Belgium f we don't travel abroad.

We are still waiting till Belgium breaks down and part of it comes begging to be reunited with us.

I seem to remeber a few years ago that a big part of the population in zeeuws vlaanderen wanted that area to become part of Belgium after a poll was done

Could, be anyway I was just joking a bit

I know rob us belgians and dutch like to take the piss about one and other;-)but going way off topic here.

[harrry]

Dutch people joking,..,can't believe it.

So what about the British as we do not have Dutch stats.

[pattayadingo]

That came from the Daily Mail..... say no more!

One quote from a reader.....

5,400 arrests out of 36.3 million Brits in 2012 who traveled abroad is not a high number at all.

not even 0.2% if that figure quoted is correct.