webfact Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 ADT demands new law to better protect local travellersBANGKOK, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarangTalk Posted October 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2013 So it will still be ok to dupe foreign tourists? 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomross46 Posted October 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2013 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. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritzzz25 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Visit Thailand: The Land of Smiles Scams..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstonc Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 feel the anger people now you know how it feels..... not that it makes it right... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi41 Posted October 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2013 "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?? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casindonet Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstonc Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 "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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 good to see the hustlers and scam artist are not picky ... Thai or foreign ... they will try rip anyone off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo4819 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 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, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom6996 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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