Holidaymakers in Thailand to get their own court
Tourists who run into trouble in Thailand have a new recourse: a tourist court set up specifically to hear their complaints about crime and unscrupulous business dealings.
The new court is a pilot project aimed at reassuring foreigners and propping up the country’s tourism industry following a rise in crimes against tourists, such as pick-pocketing, purse-snatching and credit card fraud.
The first court will open this week in Pattaya; it will be open from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
More courts are planned for Bangkok, Krabi, Samui, Chiang Mai and Phuket, the Thai publication The Nation reported.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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