OPINION

Tourist safety at stake

News, Editorial, Published on 13/06/2016

» Thailand is facing a problem so serious it can permanently damage the economy and its reputation. More important, the problem involves lives. The tourism industry is currently being rocked by a series of accidents, and unless policies and standards, and especially enforcement, are changed quickly and drastically, there will surely be many more preventable deaths and crippling accidents among foreign and Thai tourists. It's a situation that demands instant and determined reaction.