Chinese netizens criticised Thai tourism for being expensive and dangerous. A Chinese male influencer who claims to be a psychiatrist added Thailand also traps Chinese girls in prostitution and is a nation of organ trafficking.
Thai tourism was a hot subject on Chinese social media last week. It started when a Chinese media agency revealed an article on March thirteen, which reported that travelling in Thailand had become 3 times dearer than prior to now and Chinese people might be unable to go to the country as regularly as they used to.
The article went viral when it was reposted on Weibo with the hashtag “Thailand is simply too expensive to journey.” As a end result, it became the highest searched story on the appliance, with over 450 customers studying the article and a lot of commenting on the post.
Following the pattern, a Chinese male influencer claiming to be a psychiatrist launched a video on his channel Xin Yi Lin Lin on the Douyin utility saying that Thailand was dangerous, particularly for Chinese girls.
The man claimed that legal gangs had moved their bases from Myanmar and Cambodia to Thailand, the place they joined with anti-Chinese groups from Western countries to target Chinese individuals.
The man then mentioned the 76 Garage restaurant and bar in Bangkok, which is popular among Chinese netizens because it uses horny male models to serve meals and entertain customers. He blamed the restaurant for utilizing sizzling Thai men to lure Chinese girls into prostitution. He additionally reckons that these intercourse employees would later lure Chinese males into Thailand where they’re kidnapped and killed for organ trafficking.
The man additionally accused Thai influencers of utilizing Chinese social media to draw more and more people to the nation.
The video shortly went viral, receiving over three million shares, 1.7 million likes, and 400,000 comments. While some Chinese citizens agreed with the man, many others discovered his claims to be unreliable. Watch the video HERE.
Chinese netizens additionally claimed that taxi drivers in Thailand rip them off by charging 750 baht for a journey that’s only 2.four kilometres and that travelling in Thailand is deadly dangerous. There may be no arguments for this declare.
Authoritative responded to the video and posts in English, and tons of urged the related departments in Thailand to respond and make clear the difficulty to prevent misunderstandings that could affect the Thai tourism industry.
Thai-ASEAN Panorama reported yesterday that the Spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office, Anucha Burapachaisiri, responded to the problem on March 21 through the press conference after the Cabinet assembly. Anucha insisted that the data shared on Chinese social media was fake news.
Anucha added that the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Piphat Ratchakitprakarn, would later make clear every accusation..