Tuesday 9 September 2014

Pattaya Hoteliers Meet With Banglamung Police To Discuss Increase in Crimes Against Tourists

In response to yet another bag snatching incident this time in North Pattaya last week where a Taiwanese lady had her handbag ripped off by four Thai robbers wearing raincoats and who fired a warning shot into the air. local hoteliers and Pattaya tourist guides attended a meeting with senior Banglamung law enforcement officials to discuss the incident and what is being done to try to make the streets of Pattaya a safer place for their guests and tourists as a whole.

At the meeting of course was the representative from the Lantara Hotel in North Pattaya where the Taiwanese couple who turned from guests to victims were staying. Also representatives from The Pattaya Hotel Owners Association who have seen this type of crime increase significantly in recent times. They voiced their concerns for the victims and of course their bottom lines as these and other crimes being reported on worldwide media cannot be doing any good for dwindling tourist arrival numbers.

Police acknowledged the problem and assured the concerned attendees that they were doing everything they could to solve this particular crime and put out extra patrols on the streets of Pattaya. The police suggested that the Hoteliers and tour guides should put up notices and hand out leaflets to their guests warning them of how to protect themselves and not leave themselves as vulnerable targets by taking more care of the valuables they may carry with them.

I hope these leaflets don't appear on the Internet.