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National tour guide chiefs rally support in Phuket

The Phuket News

 

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Jarupol Ruangket, President of the Association of Confederation of Thailand Tourist Guides (ACTG), expressed his concern for the protected employment future of Thai tour guides. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The heads of two leading professional tour guide associations held a meeting in Phuket on Saturday to rally support for their protected vocation and to gather suggestions to pass on to Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

The meeting on Saturday followed Deputy Prime Minister Gen Thanasak Patimapragorn, who oversees tourism affairs, on July 10 firing a warning shot at the tour guides, whose profession in Thailand is reserved for Thais only by law

 

Deputy PM Thanasak revealed that he welcomed an initiative to allow foreigners to work as tour guides. That initiative was floated on the understanding that there are not enough Thai tour guides proficiently qualified in the languages needed to serve key tourist markets, including Chinese.

 

Full story:  http://www.thephuketnews.com/national-tour-guide-chiefs-rally-support-in-phuket-63252.php

 
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