BANGKOK, Oct 6 The Mandarin Tour Guide Club of Thailand has filed a complaint with the Immigration Bureau to clamp down on unlicensed Chinese tour guides.
Paisarn Suethanuwong, secretary-general of the Professional Tourist Guide Association of Thailand, led more than 30 members of the Mandarin Tour Guide Club to lodge the complaint saying that illegal Chinese tour guides, giving poor service quality, tarnished Thailand’s tourism image.
Mr Paisarn said at least 8,000 people were engaged in illegal tour businesses.
Due to poor service and false information provided by illegal tour guides, Thailand has recently became unpopular among Chinese tourists, he said, adding that he was also afraid that transnational crime could occur in relation to illegal tour businesses.
Illegal tour guides also came from Russia, South Korea and Vietnam, he said. The association will file a similar complaint to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports later.
