Lite Beer Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HeijoshinCool Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just1Voice Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 God help us!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 Chinese people breaking the law !! tut tut !! Thai people never break the law !!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I was in Boots the other day at Thaepe and it was Chinese chaos in there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Chiang Mai officials handing out the cause of even more litter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toybits Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does it clearly say "Do not Defaecate in Public" and "Do not Throw Hot Cup Noodle Soup into Someone Else's Face"? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iReason Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 "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. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaltsc Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 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? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kaalle Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 "Please dont walk in the middle of the road" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbear Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Do go to the dentist at 2.30 Come on, that's the only way I could get that old classic joke in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chicog Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 Surely "Don't Come" would be the simplest advice. Good luck getting around on Thursday 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildragon Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Chinese breaking traffic laws in Thailand? Man they must be some scarily incompetent drivers if they are making Thai drivers scared ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 That means only one of each.... DOS : "DO not come to Thailand" DON'TS : "DON'T come to Thailand" Short and clear guide. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beng Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 What are the particular 'Don'ts" ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChaangNoi Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 "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. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy50 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 How did they ruin the paintings? Spitting on them? A sort of mini cultural revolution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Western tourists had been scred of, russian have no money anymore now live with the chinese invasion.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commerce Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 So where's the list of dos and donts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Perhaps some toilet training, prior to disembarking the airplane, would help soothe the transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck50 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Every foreigner visiting Thailand has his quirks. Now is the time for Mainland Chinese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8769 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited February 16, 2015 by t8769 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Simple do wire all your money here just don't come and thank you Thainess at it's fineness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 They can't change for thousands of years..is a simple manual going to change that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikemac Posted February 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2015 Being caught up in a crowd of Chinese in a pharmacy is like being in a butcher's shop full of pit bulls. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiestyFarang Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullstop Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 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......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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