When Thais meet a traveling king or prince, they need to bow. What should foreign tourists do?

When you meet, you can show your respect and bow. Otherwise, everyone is bowing their heads, and you are really conspicuous standing there alone. But no one will say anything about you even if you don't bow. After all, we are not Thai. Therefore, in Thailand, it is better to avoid these royal members as much as possible.

In our view, the kingship in the new century is already a decoration. Although there are monarchies in the world, monarchies are decorations, and the corresponding royal family has no real power at all, which is equivalent to the existence of a mascot. For example, although Britain and Japan still have kingship, they can't influence politics too much, and sometimes they are bound by the government. But there are still monarchies in the world, such as Thailand. The king of Thailand really has real power and controls an army.

Due to the existence of kingship, there are still many details to pay attention to. Needless to say, there were many red tape in the Qing Dynasty, for example. In Thailand, if you want to meet members of the royal family, you must bow to show your respect. When communicating with members of the royal family, you must kneel on the ground, but you must not sit standing under any circumstances. When you meet members of the royal family outside, you must bow. These were common in the past, but now it is the new century, and we don't need to do these things.

Thailand's tourism industry is very developed, and many people travel to Thailand every year. Once a foreign friend meets a member of the royal family on the road, we don't need to bow. Because the members of the royal family are only Thais, not us, we can't bow to him.