As recorded by thaivisa.com, “The tourism outlook remains bright this year, but clouds lie ahead, especially political instability as the major threat to foreign visitor sentiment, according to the Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting.” Read Article
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According to the Bangkok Post, “The increasing number of crimes targeting foreign tourists will seriously damage the image of Thailand’s tourism industry unless the state beefs up preventive measures.” Read Article
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Bangkok Post reports, “A 23-year-old British tourist was killed by a stray bullet during a fight involving a group of Thai men in a bar at Koh Phangan’s Haad Rin Beach early in the morning of New Year’s day. Stephen Ashton was with a group of friends and 300 other tourists at the 2013 countdown […]
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A 30-year-old Japanese tourist visiting Surat Thani apparently committed a ritualistic Hara-Kiri suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach in his hotel room. Police believe he had been pick pocketed, and speculated that the disturbed foreigner decide to die by the traditional way of the Samurai. a report of a foreign tourist killing himself in […]
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Two Russian female tourists were arrested at a south Pattaya 7-Eleven store, after injuring a female clerk by throwing a coke bottle that hit her head. They claimed the clerk had short changed them. The Russians also destroyed other property in the shop. Read article
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Lee Aldhouse, from Yardley, Birmingham, is accused of stabbing to death former US marine Dashawn Longfellow, after a bar brawl on the popular island resort of Phuket in August 2010. Thai authorities hailed Mr Aldhouse’s extradition as a landmark decision. Read article
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A British tourist has drowned after jumping into the sea to escape a local gang during a holiday in Thailand, where he had gone to celebrate his recent release from prison according to dailymail.co.uk. Patrick Molloy, 28, from Cambridge, leapt into the water in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, alongside friends James Wilks, 29, and Jerry Robson, […]
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Thai police are again under fire overseas after an Australian TV report about a man who lost his girlfriend in an accident and was then allegedly framed by police on Koh Samui. Tragedy in Thailand aired on Channel 9 in Australia on Tuesday. Jamie Keith (left) alleges Koh Samui police attempted to exort money from […]
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BANGKOK, 27 November 2012: Tourism executives breathed a sigh of relief after Pitak Siam leaders cancelled their protest in the Thai capital late Saturday. Tourism Council of Thailand president, Piyaman Tejapaibul, told TTR Weekly that the industry was hopeful that what could have been a disastrous outcome had been averted when the protest was called […]
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