tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post6104612040525172989..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Time to Plan Your Trip to Thailand - Tourism Drops 22%Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-33138457253748295952009-07-31T17:11:06.128-08:002009-07-31T17:11:06.128-08:00This article was in the western press. Please warn...This article was in the western press. Please warn your customers to take care when you take them to the airport.<br /><br />"A businessman was detained in Bangkok for stealing a box of cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok International Airport. He had paid for chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier then secretly put a second carton of cigarettes into his bag. He was arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was baht 30,000 for his release. He spent two nights in jail and paid baht 800 per night for an air-cond cell, plus 200-300 baht for each visitor, and baht 30,000 to the police for his final release. That was the bribe money that the Thai police shared in front of his eyes. <br /> <br />Additionally he was charged in court and fined baht 20,000 by the magistrate and handcuffed and escorted to his plane, having to buy an additional flight ticket. His passport was stamped so that he cannot re-enter Thailand - which he never wants to do anyway.<br /> <br />The company where the busness man works previously bought many thousands of dollars worth of goods from Thailand has now ceased all business and is obtaining product from Malaysia and Vietmnam."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-25790974290385242522009-07-23T03:52:22.014-08:002009-07-23T03:52:22.014-08:00Yesterday the first Hungarian infected with H1N1 d...Yesterday the first Hungarian infected with H1N1 died. For a long time Hungary was able to prevent H1N1 but when tourism season started our method weren't efficient enough and by now we have like 30-40 people who got infected but most of them survived the disease.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.com