Tourism Minister’s Phuket visit hijacked by bus, van drivers

This problem is only going to get bigger and bigger. The Chinese market is so big that they can and will crowd out other inbound tourism. The Russian model of "owning the entire food chain" was invented by the Chinese so local business will be forced to survive on the scraps. The Chinese will have no issues with breaking the locals rice bowl so Unfortunately that will mean it's open season on the non Chinese inbound tourists. Meaning higher prices and more rip offs for us as the locals try to maintain their earnings.

The government should get all the local business leaders, taxi and Tuk tuk association heads, local chamber of commerce heads, foreign business association heads and put them on a study tour to Hinan island in China. Tell them this is your future guys - get ready and good luck.

I agree, AJB.

The more Chinese they fly in, the bigger the illegal Chinese work force will grow to cater for them.

For every one Chinese illegal this, or illegal that, they arrest - ten others will get a new illegal job that day.

It will become unenforceable.

The interesting time will be when the Chinese illegal industry grows so big, they tell the Thai's they will not be paying "tea money" to operate anymore, because they know it's beyond Thai law enforcement's control.