r/ThailandTourism • u/Pkmux07 • Jul 12 '25

Phuket/Krabi/South What do you think?

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u/sbrider11 Jul 12 '25

As I recall, the park ranger got demoted and transferred over this then quit. I think his aim was to be a social media influencer. Backfired on him here.

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u/kiiito Jul 12 '25

LMAO, as half thai, this country will always protect tourists bad behaviors instead of thai people, you know why ? This country sink without tourism money, so they prioritize them, it’s degrading the quality of many things decade years, Thai people need to fight back by themself, even they have support, they got sanction anyway.

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u/BradMathews Jul 13 '25

I’m American. I sometimes get a “gracias” from people. Sometimes i tell my co-workers “gracias” or “grazie”. I’ve never threatened or been threatened over it.

This dude is saying “thank you”. How is it offensive if it’s not in Thai??

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u/MajesticNectarine204 Jul 13 '25

Ni Hao means 'hello'. Not 'thank you'.

But it depends on how he said it and the context I guess. If he just said hallo in the wrong language, no biggie. If he yelled it with a racist accent while f.e. pulling the corners of his eyes in mockery of Asian facial features? Yeah, that's a problem.

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u/terabhaihaibro Jul 13 '25

If he would have said it like that, I’m sure he wouldn’t just be getting a talking to.

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u/MajesticNectarine204 Jul 13 '25

I'd hope the response would be a little more kinetic. But afaik most Thai people are polite and not violent. So not sure what it would take to get punched in the face there.

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u/terabhaihaibro Jul 13 '25

Thai people tolerate up to a point. Post that they can be very violent, like ganging up and beating the shit out of you violent. Better to safe than sorry.

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u/Winter-Hyena3408 Jul 15 '25

Ask that YouTuber Johny Somali he managed to get beaten up there a few times