Chinese in campervans spark frustration in Thailand

Thai tourist policeman Kitidesh Tajiwongsuriyakool with a photo of a campervan that was driven by a young Chinese couple travelling with their child through Chiang Mai last month. The senior sergeant-major made friends with the couple and chatted, dined and played music with them.ST PHOTO: TAN HUI YEE.

SINGAPORE: Chiang Khong town sits on the edge of Thailand, separated from Laos by the Mekong River.

Each year, thousands of Chinese vehicles pass through, some carrying produce trucked through Laos. Then there are Chinese tourists, conspicuous in their left-hand-drive sport utility vehicles as they traverse northern Thailand's mountainous attractions.