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Thailand’s tourism industry has issued the strictest “order”, targeting only Chinese tourists. Why is this?

In recent years, as our country’s economic level continues to rise, our people’s living standards have also become higher and higher. When material conditions are met, people have begun to pay more and more attention to the spiritual aspect. Therefore, more and more people choose to travel abroad. As the saying goes, "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." Some of the insights that traveling abroad can bring us cannot be learned from books. At present, the most popular places for Chinese people to go abroad are basically our neighboring countries, such as Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea and other places. As a country with beautiful scenery in Southeast Asia, Thailand is influenced by previous romantic Thai dramas on TV. Naturally, many people choose to travel to Thailand.

Many tourism projects in Thailand are supported by the large number of Chinese tourists. The huge number of tourists has also stimulated the development of businesses around the scenic spots and boosted local economic income. However, with the increasing number of Chinese tourists in recent years, Thai businesses have begun to engage in some bad behaviors and even extremely vicious incidents in order to quickly earn money from Chinese tourists, such as the previous shipwreck in Phuket. Many Chinese tourists panic. In addition, some Thai merchants believe that Chinese tourists are wealthy people, so they carry out forced sales, and even forcefully ask for tips or even high-priced tips. It can be said that they have left a lot of trouble for Chinese tourists. More and more bad impressions are coming.

Therefore, under the influence of these vicious events, the number of Chinese tourists choosing to travel to Thailand again in recent years will be greatly reduced compared to the past, and this will definitely have an impact on Thailand’s tourism revenue. After all, Thailand is a relatively poor country in Southeast Asia and even Asia. Tourism is a very important source of income for Thailand. The significant reduction in the number of Chinese tourists will naturally reduce Thailand’s tourism economic income. After all, the consumption and purchasing power of Chinese tourists It is very amazing in Thailand.

Therefore, in order to improve this situation, the Thai government has specially issued the strongest "ban" against Chinese tourists. Once a Thai businessman is found to be defrauding Chinese tourists, he will be severely punished, except In addition, it has also taken the initiative to implement a visa-free policy for Chinese tourists on arrival, and provided shopping discounts. All of these are actions to retain Chinese tourists and attract more Chinese tourists to travel and spend. It is normal for the Thai government to issue this ban. The government took the initiative precisely because of considerations of national economic interests. After all, Chinese tourists have strong spending power, and traveling to Thailand can greatly improve their own economy. The promulgation of this ban not only prevents some unscrupulous local businesses in Thailand from defrauding Chinese tourists, thereby damaging Thailand's international reputation, but also further safeguards the basic rights and interests of Chinese tourists when traveling in Thailand, and provides Chinese tourists with a A basic guarantee can be said to serve multiple purposes with one stone.