webfact Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Tourists blamed for pirate goods problems as ministry heeds PM's call Picture: Thai News Agency BANGKOK: -- Tourists have been singled out as a major cause for problems with pirated goods. Now the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has called in tour operators to get tough and stop tourists from visiting shops selling fake goods. The move comes after PM Prayut Chan-ocha has ordered authorities in the country to stop the trade. In turn the general himself has been under pressure from foreign manufacturers to do something. Now much of the blame is being laid at the tourists' door. Thai News Agency reported that 90% of all pirated goods on sale are being offered in tourist areas such as Patpong in Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket. Items such as watches, bags and fake brand name clothing are everywhere and when tourists buy them and take them home the image of Thailand as a hub for such items only gets worse, said TNA. So now a campaign has been launched entitled "Tourism and the War on Piracy". The Tourism and Sports Ministry have met with tour groups' representatives to request that tourists are not taken to places where pirated goods are on sale. And the tour group operators are further being asked to tell tourists not to buy fake goods and why they shouldn't. Yesterday a large group of operators, embassy officials, guides, revenue department officials and tourist police met in Bangkok to launch the campaign. Source: Thai News Agency -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-02-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Fake is affordable, real label...... ripoff!!Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezflip Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Sure...turn a blind eye to all the Thais that invade Emporium Mall on petchaburi road, or the stalls across the street, or the little unnamed mall a few meters away, or... Let's blame the tourist. So much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) Oh! This is too funny. So the tourists are to blame for all the knock off goods? Thai people don't buy them, is that what he is trying to say? I can really see your average taxi driver saying to his customer ,"Ooo! Don't go in there mister. Let me take you somewhere where you can pay ten times more!" Especially given that all the "labels" are often made in Asia, so the knock off price is actually the fair one. Edited February 22, 2017 by darksidedog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNPBC0 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Why not simply 'get tough' on the retailers selling these goods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Ahhh...speaks volume on the grade and class of tourists infesting the shores... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The mentality of these people bewilders me.......people in these positions can't be this stupid........can they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 First they are going to shut down the sex industry then the fake products industry What next? Many tourists are going to go elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just now, darksidedog said: Oh! This is too funny. So the tourists are to blame for all the knock off goods? Thai people don't buy them, is that what he is trying to say? I can really see your average taxi driver saying to his customer ,"Ooo! Don't go in there mister. Let me take you somewhere where you can pay ten times more!" The taxis already do this but they do it in places that sell pirated goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadid Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I wonder who must be selling and making all the fake goods? No Thai would ever do such things, so it must be tourists too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, AGareth2 said: First they are going to shut down the sex industry then the fake products industry What next? Many tourists are going to go elsewhere Next, the airports..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukkytuktuk Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Who come's to Thailand as part of a tour group? And why everyweek has the Tourism minister a new idea that she has to share with the nation?A friend back in England kept telling us his great ideas and plans every week down the pub. We later found out he was smoking waki baki.Is this the case here as well. Is the tourism minister on the 'green tea'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick220675 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 If the army could only kill all the tourists/expats and any one who voted red, this country would be paradise, even the North Korans would be envious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 20 minutes ago, AGareth2 said: First they are going to shut down the sex industry then the fake products industry What next? Many tourists are going to go elsewhere Stop them from feeding the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 There will always be a demand. If you stop the supply, the demand can't happen. The supply is always smaller and easier to stop. A little bit of advice to a country who relies so heavily on tourism and trade; try not to blame your customers. It's not good for business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Well that puts the PM up one notch on the stupidity list. How utterly ridiculous, blaming tourist as if they started the fake goods trade in Thailand. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 could of course ban tourism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 30 minutes ago, DNPBC0 said: Why not simply 'get tough' on the retailers selling these goods? Mate you know where the airport is right? That's soooo unThai.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 why not just charge 10 times as much to tourists as than the Thais pay.......im SURE theyll approve that no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, AGareth2 said: could of course ban tourism No don't go over board ban it with in 300 meters of a school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 u mean all those young Thai girls I see with Louis Vuitton bags everywhere only have them because their Farang Tourist husbands bought them for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) 36 minutes ago, PatOngo said: The mentality of these people bewilders me.......people in these positions can't be this stupid........can they? It seems to be a prerequisite for employment in senior positions. Edited February 22, 2017 by Chicog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just now, kannot said: u mean all those young Thai girls I see with Louis Vuitton bags everywhere only have them because their Farang Tourist husbands bought them for them They are all genuine items purchased at Paragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just now, anotheruser said: They are all genuine items purchased at Paragon. Ah my mistake, seems everyone on the BTS has them, guess theyve all been shopping there then and their chauffeurs must have been ill that day hence the need to get on the BTS or Baht Bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Thailand, you reap what you sow yet you continue to blame others. When oh when will you grow up?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I can see RTP hiding around corners in the future, waiting to pounce on tourists after buying 99 baht Raybans..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Perhaps people need to actually read the article rather than just the, badly written, headline. They're blaming the tour guides that take the tourists to these places, not the tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said: Perhaps people need to actually read the article rather than just the, badly written, headline. They're blaming the tour guides that take the tourists to these places, not the tourists. That would spoil all the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinthehat Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 43 minutes ago, PatOngo said: The mentality of these people bewilders me.......people in these positions can't be this stupid........can they? Just look at all of the fools in the photo. Whatever the Fuhrer says it must be correct. Just like the Thai language replacing English as the global language. And "a Thai person could never do this............", The problem is with the foreigner women wearing bikini's here, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezrider62 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 48 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Oh! This is too funny. So the tourists are to blame for all the knock off goods? Thai people don't buy them, is that what he is trying to say? I can really see your average taxi driver saying to his customer ,"Ooo! Don't go in there mister. Let me take you somewhere where you can pay ten times more!" Especially given that all the "labels" are often made in Asia, so the knock off price is actually the fair one. Good read, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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