Tourists visiting the Thotsamarachan (Rama X) bridge in Bangkok. Many Chinese travellers now are scared to visit Thailand. — AFP
CHARTERED flights have been cancelled. Performances have been called off or postponed. Tour agencies have fielded requests from travellers who want to change their plans.
Chinese travellers have been scrapping trips to Thailand, frightened by the story of a Chinese actor who was abducted there, taken to Myanmar and forced to work in an online scam compound. The incident is a blow to Thailand’s tourism sector before the peak Lunar New Year holiday at the end of this month, when many Chinese people had been expected to visit.
