Dos and don’ts guide for Chinese tourists in Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI: -- Officials of the state and the private sector in Chiang Mai are now prepared to distribute folders to Chinese tourists advising them on "Dos and Don'ts" as they expected an influx of Chinese travellers to the northern city during the Chinese New Year festival, starting this week.

The movement by authorities came after numerous complaints of the Chinese tourists while they visited several places and had committed incidences of socially irresponsible behaviour.

Chiang Mai tourist police inspector Pol Lt-Col Asavatorn Wongsawat said complaints came from local people very often of Chinese tourists breaking traffic laws, thus causing frequent road accidents.

He said therefore the police needed cooperation from both the state and private sector to ease the problem.

A local private museum in Chiang Rai which accumulated paintings of Archan Thawal Datchanee had to display sign boards in Chinese language seeking cooperation from visitors after some of the paintings were ruined by the Chinese tourists.

A general manager of Ban Dam Ban Nang Lae museum Mr Noppadol Kuenpet said several thousand people visit the museum daily, half of them Chinese.

But the upcoming Chinese New Year would expect visitors doubling from normal time, prompting the museum to increase s dozen more personnel to take care of visitors.

Besides the museum also sought cooperation from tour guides not to leave their Chinese tourists watching alone, he said and added that this could alleviate the problem created by tourists at a certain level.

The folders listing the Dos and Don’ts were prepared by the Chiang Mai tourism industry association to distribute to Chinese tourists, while tourist police will also be deployed at tourist destinations to give advice to the Chinese travellers.

More than 200 guides will also be arranged for the Chinese tourists coming during the Chinese New Year.

Authorities expected over 100,000 Chinese tourists to Chiang Mai during the period with revenues of 600-700 million baht to be generated.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/dos-donts-guide-chinese-tourists-chiang-mai

-- Thai PBS 2015-02-16

Chiang Mai tourist police inspector Pol Lt-Col Asavatorn Wongsawat said complaints came from local people very often of Chinese tourists breaking traffic laws, thus causing frequent road accidents.

God help us!!!

Chinese people breaking the law !! tut tut !!

Thai people never break the law !!!

I was in Boots the other day at Thaepe and it was Chinese chaos in there

Chiang Mai officials handing out the cause of even more litter.

Does it clearly say "Do not Defaecate in Public" and "Do not Throw Hot Cup Noodle Soup into Someone Else's Face"?

"Dos and Don'ts"

The Thai's have one of these lists too. It's called laws.

They should try following some of them.

"...incidences of socially irresponsible behaviour."

"Chinese tourists breaking traffic laws"

If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.

Perhaps some of the Chinese are just following Standard Procedure Thai Driving as an example.

I was in Boots the other day at Thaepe and it was Chinese chaos in there

"Chinese chaos"...Do you have a Ph.D. in redundancy?

"Please dont walk in the middle of the road"

Do go to the dentist at 2.30

Come on, that's the only way I could get that old classic joke in

Surely "Don't Come" would be the simplest advice.

Good luck getting around on Thursday

Chinese breaking traffic laws in Thailand? Man they must be some scarily incompetent drivers if they are making Thai drivers scared !

That means only one of each....

DOS : "DO not come to Thailand"

DON'TS : "DON'T come to Thailand"

Short and clear guide.

What are the particular 'Don'ts" ?

"Please dont walk in the middle of the road"

You would think that does not need to be said but it does. I do my part by going just fast enough to slam on my breaks and stopping just before hitting them while honking my horn like crazy.

This I'm sure is part of the reason why so many shit in public.

How did they ruin the paintings? Spitting on them? A sort of mini cultural revolution.

Western tourists had been scred of, russian have no money anymore now live with the chinese invasion....

So where's the list of dos and donts?

Perhaps some toilet training, prior to disembarking the airplane, would help soothe the transition.

Can anyone living in Chiang Mai tell me when this mayhem will be over? I am in BKK and want to come there for a few weeks but would rather wait until the dust settles.

Every foreigner visiting Thailand has his quirks. Now is the time for Mainland Chinese.

Can anyone living in Chiang Mai tell me when this mayhem will be over? I am in BKK and want to come there for a few weeks but would rather wait until the dust settles.

The last day of Chinese New Year is Mar 6.

They are rude. They go to 7/11, point and say "Give me".

I want to nudge them saying "Say thank you to the nice lady behind the counter who is serving you so nicely."

Different culture I guess.

Simple do wire all your money here just don't come and thank you Thainess at it's fineness.

They can't change for thousands of years..is a simple manual going to change that...

I was in Boots the other day at Thaepe and it was Chinese chaos in there

"Chinese chaos"...Do you have a Ph.D. in redundancy?

just sayin' it was awful, could not move, loud voices and pushing and shoving everywhere

refined they ain't

Being caught up in a crowd of Chinese in a pharmacy is like being in a butcher's shop full of pit bulls.

So 600-700million Baht with 100,000 visitors to CM, that's 6000-7000Baht of revenue per person, hardly what you would call big spenders especially if that includes hotel costs!

complaints came from local people very often of Chinese tourists breaking traffic laws, thus causing frequent road accidents.

... and the Pot / Kettle award of the week goes to.........