BANGKOK: The use of Thai nominees by Chinese tour operators to monopolise visitors from China is alarming and more harmful to the industry than the previous “zero-dollar tours”, according to industry experts.
This new model would destroy Thailand’s tourism industry, which had just started to recover and flourish post-Covid, they warned.
Sistiwat Chivarattanaporn, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), explained that “these market-destroying tours involve Chinese tour companies using Thai nominees to bring Chinese tourist groups to Thailand at extremely low prices”.
He said the new problem had surfaced following Thailand’s…