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Foreign worker crackdown: Small mom & pop businesses suffering
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2017
» Big corporate hotels & restaurant chains want the small cheap mom & pop restaurants & guesthouses licensed or shut down.
Tour guides: 'Savage' foreign criminals steal our jobs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/07/2017
» Foreign tour guides come to teach then work & steal jobs from Thais. Many are criminals & behave like 'savages' Thai tour guide association says.
Chinese tourists plunge after scam crackdown
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/11/2016
» Tourism crisis & three Thai airlines face bankruptcy after Chinese tourists plunge by half.
New wave of Chinese coming to live in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/09/2016
» New wave of Chinese migrants moving to Thailand to retire, study, make money or as waypoint for further adventures are making their mark on Bangkok.
Pokemon Go tourism & dreams of Pokemon economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/08/2016
» Pokemon hunting is new tourism & transport business opportunity. Gets people off couch, out & about mixing with friends but may distract from work.
Tiny Phuket islands tourism ban after coral damage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/05/2016
» Tiny islands off Phuket (Koh Khai Nai, Khai Nok, Khai Nui) shut down to protect endangered coral reefs.
Tourism industry: Migrant workers paid less, work more hours
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/12/2015
» Foreigner migrant workers working as waiters, gardeners & cleaners in tourism sector often get below minimum wage & work more hours, so what incentive is there to hire Thai workers.
What's new in business news: July 8, 2015
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/07/2015
» New northern bus terminal to move from Morchit to Rangsit, police raids continue against tourist scam jewelry stores & fishing trawler mafia & why law enforcement, & not just more laws, is needed
New Chinese road signs: To reduce road accidents in northern Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/06/2015
» Chinese road accident boom follows Chinese tourism boom, so govt to install road signs to reduce road accidents. Chinese & Korean tourist guide shortage.
Chinese tourists to get politeness manuals
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/02/2015
» With Chinese New Years this week, distribution of new book on how to be polite in Thailand for tourists from China will begin.