TAT launched ‘Wonderful Thailand 2008’ eight months into the year with Chinese high-spenders in mind. Chinese tourist journalists have been invited on 5 day junkets to promote Thailand as a world-class destination to the over 40 million Chinese travelling outside the Celestial Gulag each year. ”We are tired of backpackers and football hooligans.” The TAT officials admitted to the press. “We don’t even mind if the Chinese spit, since clearing their throats is their mating sound. Of course the pollution in Thailand is non-existent in comparison to our neighbor to the North. In Bangkok they can see clear skies and visit Gucci shops without coughing.”
High-end tour groups charge up to 50K baht per person and the Chinese spend even more during their holidays like the two Chinese tourists recently arrested for marijuana smoking.
“We thought that it was a Thai tradition.” One of the criminals told the police.
“Ignorance is not excuse.” The Pattaya police jailed the two men for processing through the sin-bon system.
This incident aside, TAT is sure that the Chinese will increase their visits from 500,000 to at least 505,000 due to their ‘Sawadee Chinks’ campaign.
“After all it’s a small world.”
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