But complaints have soared in recent years over dodgy tour guides and practices, particularly so-called "zero-dollar" scams. Such schemes promise Chinese package tourists an impossibly cheap or free holiday only to pile on excessive charges once they arrive in Thailand. Prosecutors this week charged 13 people from seven different Thai tour operators. Last year 20 people were killed, most of them ethnic Chinese tourists, when a bomb went off at a religious shrine in the centre of Bangkok. "In turn we expect to receive more quality tourists coming in, not just Chinese but other nationalities too."

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 24, 2016 05:32 UTC