Thailand's ADT demands new law to better protect Thai tourists

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ADT demands new law to better protect local travellers

BANGKOK, 30 October 2013 (NNT) - A major body in the Thai tourism industry has called for the amendment of the current tourism law to prevent hustlers from duping Thai tourists.

The Association of Domestic Travel (ADT) has asked the Ministry Tourism and Sports to speed up the amendment process of the current tourism law in order to better protect rights of Thai travelers.

Yuthachai Suntornrattanavej, the president of ADT, cited the case of Nirada Travel as an example.

Some hustlers had used the loophole in the current law to sell package tours on the internet under the name of Nirada Travel, even though the company no longer existed. However, it still holds on to the unexpired license obtained before the company was defunct.

Many people bought package tours and transferred million of baht to those hustlers who then grabbed the money and ran.

Yuthachai said police could not do anything without complaints filed by those duped by the scam. Most of the time, the wrongdoers fled away and consumers never got their money back.

With the high tourist season around the corner in Thailand, anyone who wants to buy package tours should be very careful, he warned.


-- NNT 2013-10-30

[FarangTalk]

So it will still be ok to dupe foreign tourists?

[tomross46]

Just enforce the laws on the books. There is no need to write new ones. Get the corruption out of the tour business, and every think will be OK.

[fritzzz25]

Visit Thailand: The Land of Smiles Scams.....

[winstonc]

feel the anger people now you know how it feels..... not that it makes it right...

[soi41]

"to better protect the rights of Thai travellers"

What about the 22 million foreign visitors every year. Accounting for more and more of the GDP.

So it is okay to scam them?? Illegal touts, roadunworthy transportation, double pricing, dirty beaches, roadclosures due to demonstrations, daily derailments and the list goes on and on...

But when some stupid Thais pay their package tour upfront to "Nirvana Tours", who opened their office yesterday, then it is time to act??

[casindonet]

Only for Thais? what about the foreign tourist who accounts for 99.99% of the total tourism income? None the less, how does it feel to be scam like a foreign tourist?

[winstonc]

"to better protect the rights of Thai travellers"

What about the 22 million foreign visitors every year. Accounting for more and more of the GDP.

So it is okay to scam them?? Illegal touts, roadunworthy transportation, double pricing, dirty beaches, roadclosures due to demonstrations, daily derailments and the list goes on and on...

But when some stupid Thais pay their package tour upfront to "Nirvana Tours", who opened their office yesterday, then it is time to act??

absolutley right but remember there the masters of blowing hot air out of there ar-se..so nothing will happen .lets move on to the next topic soi41..see you there ..lol

[LuckyLew]

good to see the hustlers and scam artist are not picky ... Thai or foreign ... they will try rip anyone off

[connda]

[Lobo4819]

Maybe they could use some of the 500 baht entry fee to fund this? Nah, nothing left after 500 baht has passed through more than two hands.

[Bagwan]

Isn't it amazing. Somebody has to make a complaint before the BIB pick up the action. Is there a Thai word for proactive? Silly me! BIB are run off their feet not enforcing any law,

[drdoom6996]

Just enforce the laws on the books. There is no need to write new ones. Get the corruption out of the tour business, and every think will be OK.

Yeah, they are not enforcing the current laws, why do you need another law not to enforce. This is just another headline for the newspapers and television.

[ableguy]

Just enforce the laws on the books. There is no need to write new ones. Get the corruption out of the tour business, and every think will be OK.

that's saying get corruption out of thailand, in your dreams! maybe one day but you and I will not see it.