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Do you need to pay attention to the travel etiquette in Bangkok?

Travel advice

1, take a taxi and be sure to find a taxi with a regular sign. Confirm the destination with the driver before getting on the bus and ask for a meter. If the driver refuses to hit the meter or has other suspicious circumstances, change cars directly. After getting on the bus, make sure the driver presses the meter. Fake black taxis and tuk-tuk cars sometimes give you very low prices, but in the end they will drag you to shopping markets or entertainment places in exchange for kickbacks.

Although Bangkok is a tourist city, its English popularity is average. No matter where you go, you'd better check the information yourself and get a general impression. When you want to take a taxi to a place that is not popular, you'd better ask the hotel counter staff to help you write down the Thai address of the destination first. When inquiring, try to find regular staff in regular places, even if their English is not necessarily good.

3. Many strangers who take the initiative to talk to you about travel and shopping and have good English are liars.

4. Pay attention to respect local customs, members of the Thai royal family and Buddhist etiquette. Every Buddha statue, big or small, is sacred. Don't climb on it, don't step on it, and don't put it in your trouser pocket (your lower body is not clean).

5. There are no hard and fast rules for tipping, but if you think the other party's service is good, you should still refer to 20-50 baht, or 10% consumption. Be careful not to give coins (coins are for beggars in Thailand). Some restaurants charge a service fee, but you don't have to tip.

6. Be careful not to point with your toes or touch the Thai head. Don't step on the monk's shadow. Walk on the road and make way for the monk. Women should be careful not to touch monks.

7. The royal family of Thailand is especially revered and respected. Please be polite in front of the portraits of the king everywhere.

8. Thai customs restrictions on the entry of tobacco and alcohol: 200 cigarettes, or 250g cigars, or 250g tobacco leaves; 1 liter of table wine or spirits. The above is the standard. It is luck and fluke to pass the customs smoothly after exceeding the standard. Please remember to avoid unnecessary losses.

9. Don't book tickets at TIT (full name is Thailand Tourism Information). Many of these institutions in Bangkok claim to belong to the government and cannot be verified. They charge a high price, but they book you an extremely cheap, safe and insecure ticket near the mountain road (this kind of car comes with thieves as standard). Unfortunately, the return trip was still a trick.

Don't trust the locals who can speak Chinese. There are many tricks, such as deceiving you to visit by boat, saying that the grand palace will not open until after two o'clock in the afternoon.