Eight scams that Thailand tourism needs to be cautious (countermeasures+tips)

With the development of economy, more and more people travel to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand. However, many people often encounter all kinds of scams during their travels, especially in recent years. Faced with this situation, Bian Xiao sorted out some scams they encountered while traveling in Thailand and their countermeasures for your reference, hoping to help your life.

1, pretend to be a warm-hearted liar-jewelry store On the way to the famous scenic spots such as the Grand Palace, the Reclining Buddha Temple and the Liming Temple, you will often meet someone asking where you are going, and then they will tell you that there are activities there that are closed on the same day or closed an hour before your conversation. When you are at a loss, they will guide you to other temples nearby and kindly call you a tuk-tuk car, only to find that you have been taken to a jewelry store.

Countermeasure: When someone tells you that your destination is closed today, just check the familiar route yourself.

Tip: Opening hours of Grand Palace: 08: 30- 15: 30.

2. Pigeon scam outside Bangkok Grand Palace. When the vendor who feeds pigeons near the Grand Palace saw China people, he put corn kernels into his hand and said, "Feed the pigeons! Feed the pigeons! " Never answer it. Answer and ask for money. No matter whether you feed or not, you have to 150 baht to open your mouth.

Countermeasures: ignore, don't listen, don't talk, look at your hands.

3. Black Shop Travel Agency Many passengers said that they were cheated by the local black-hearted travel agency in Thailand, but they could not leave the group on time after paying all the money. They asked the travel agency for advice, but all of them were in Thai, and they couldn't understand what you were saying (they also spoke Chinese when they paid! ), as a result, my trip was delayed and I was blocked.

Response measures:

First, don't be greedy and cheap, too cheap must be tricky;

Second, ask travel agencies more, it is always better to shop around;

Third, to choose a bigger and more reliable travel agency, it is best to prepare in advance.

4, taxi fraud Bangkok's taxi fraud method: very simple-detour! You don't know the shortest way anyway!

Countermeasures: Please ask the hotel owner to help call a taxi, and prepare the address and pictures of Thailand. Of course, it is best if you can find your own route.

5.Tug-tuk scam In Bangkok's Palace and Jade Buddha Temple, there are often many tuk-tuk drivers who will lie to you that they will be closed for one day for some reason today, but he knows that there is another place nearby where a monk is praying for people, and that building is also a very famous monument; Or there is another great art gallery nearby, where you can see many great historical relics. He can take you there and so on. And also stressed that he only charges you 50 or 100 baht for the car, and definitely doesn't charge you more!

Then, you may be taken to his so-called monk's residence, and then after you kneel down to accept the monk's "blessing", you will find your mobile phone and wallet missing from your bag. It may also be that after being taken to an "art gallery" (actually a gift or jewelry store selling a bunch of inferior products), the rogue clerk inside forced him to buy a bunch of rubbish before leaving.

Countermeasure: pay attention to the tuk-tuk driver who takes the initiative to talk to him! No matter how kind they look, and even speak some Chinese, don't pay attention to him, let alone get in his car!

6, water sports scam to go to the seaside in Thailand to play with water is one of the key itineraries for many people to come to Thailand, but when you choose some water sports to play (especially jet skiing), you must carefully choose the store, otherwise it is likely to be ripped off! There are many black-hearted businessmen. After you rent a jet ski, they will secretly send someone to ride another one. Just when you are riding happily in the sea, the motorboat driven by this person will pretend to be careless and lightly collide with the car you are driving, and then leave quickly as if nothing had happened.

When you return the motorboat to the boatman after riding it, the boatman will start to examine the whole body carefully to see if there is any damage, and then suddenly point to the place where you were accidentally hit and say, "There is paint here."

There must be a small scratch where he is pointing. It's no use saying that someone accidentally touched it just now How can you find that person and lose money on such a big beach? The trip to the pothole begins, and he will tell you that as soon as the paint falls off, the whole motorboat needs to be repainted. It will be ugly to make up a piece, and guests will not rent it. Moreover, motorboats are different from ordinary motorcycles, each of which costs hundreds of thousands, and the price of repainting is naturally several times more expensive. At this time, he also showed you the contract (basically all boatmen in water sports will ask you to sign a simple contract when renting a motorboat, such as compensation for damage, just like you usually rent a car. )。

Response measures:

1. If you have a tour guide, please ask your tour guide to help you find a reliable boatman, and the tour guide will help you negotiate with the boatman and pay the fee, so that there is no problem.

Secondly, if you don't have a tour guide around you, and you are not very good at driving motorboats, I suggest that you ask the boatman to send a beach boy to take you to the back seat (usually the boatman will agree), so that even if something goes wrong, it is not your problem.

7. Massage scam In some busy alleys near hotels and with many tourists, people often pretend to be the manager of a massage shop to pull business in person, saying that they are the manager of a massage shop in front. Today, because there are few guests, he personally came out to pull business. I hope you can hold a performance. And it is generally 500 baht per person per hour. Today, it costs only 250 baht per person per hour. At the door of the store, the "manager" added: pay him 500 baht for two hours, and he will return to the place where he was just now to continue to solicit business. Attention, don't give him money at this time! ! He is not a manager at all, but a liar. The masseur here doesn't know him at all, and will mistakenly think that person is your friend or tour guide. How do people know what money you just paid? So, wait for you and your party to enjoy the comfortable thai massage before paying the bill!

Response measures:

First, choose a well-known large massage shop.

Second, never pay attention to any stranger who comes to talk to you.

Third, pay after entering the store counter.

8. Fraud methods such as adult show scams have already appeared in Thailand. For more than ten years, such a scam has not only existed, but also tried and tested. From time to time, friends or tourists will still be cheated. Let's just say that the "adult show" is too attractive!

Response measures:

First, don't go to the shop above the second floor-Paipaibang Night Market. As long as it is on the first floor, whether it is AGoGoBar, shemale bar or gay bar, it is basically a decent business. The door is the road, and people come and go, and they dare not mess around.

Second, if possible, try not to watch adult programs in Bangkok-frankly speaking, adult programs in Bangkok are really not very good, and sometimes even make people feel sick. I suggest you go to Pattaya. There are several well-known and decent adult programs in Pattaya (such as BigEye), which are far superior to those in Bangkok in terms of venue, content design and performers' quality. It's definitely worth your eyes-opening!