The Tourism Authority of Thailand launched the campaign that specifically aims to improve the image of Thailand's taxis and to stimulate tourism in February 2016. It will seek to address the illegal practices of taxi drivers at Thailand's main international gateway airport, which resulted in growing complaints by passengers about their behavior.
In launching the ‘Friendly Taxis' campaign, a deputy senior inspector general of the Royal Thai Police was quoted by local media as saying the new scheme would help address all problems related to taxi services at the airport which have long plagued the country. This included drivers refusing to take passengers, their overcharging of passengers and refusal to use the taxi meter.
The ‘Friendly Taxis' campaign represents joint cooperation among the military's Artilleryman Battalion 21st King's Guard, the Central Investigation Bureau, the Land Transportation Department and Airports of Thailand.
Under it, taxi drivers operating at Airport will be asked to undertake training to learn about legal taxi practices and the punishments for illegal practices. Drivers who pass the course will be presented with a ‘Friendly Taxi' sticker they can attach to their vehicle.
The campaign is the latest effort to improve travel safety across the board in Thailand. In 2014 the National Council for Peace and Order (PONCHO) identified the improvement of public transportation systems as a key part of its mission to rid the country of all injustice and bring happiness back to the people. This has included a focus on various transportation modes from long distance networks to intro-city transportation like cabs and motorbike taxis.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Tourism and Transport held a meeting in mid February 2016 with relevant government agencies and private sector tourism and car rental services, in an effort to regulate the driving of personal vehicles into Thailand by tourists.
A growing trend of self drive tourists in the kingdom as of recent is causing road safety concerns arising from different lane systems and driving practices. This is particularly evident with tourists from China where driving is on the right side of the road, as opposed to the left side of the road in Thailand.
The Land Transportation Department is now writing new regulations that will require Chinese motorists to inform ahead of time of their plans to travel in Thailand with their own vehicles, and for them to have international insurance coverage.
"These are all important steps that should be taken, both in terms of road safety and coverage for people in case of accidents", said the spokesman for BSA Law, a leading international law firm in Thailand.
BSA Law is among the many a law firm in Thailand that has welcomed the efforts by Thai law and other relevant authorities to improve travel safety, security and service in the kingdom, efforts that have been welcomed throughout Thai society in all sectors.
BSA Law is one firm that, with a mind on travel safety, encourages people to be pro-active and suggests the carrying of local emergency and other important numbers when traveling.
In launching the ‘Friendly Taxis' campaign, a deputy senior inspector general of the Royal Thai Police was quoted by local media as saying the new scheme would help address all problems related to taxi services at the airport which have long plagued the country. This included drivers refusing to take passengers, their overcharging of passengers and refusal to use the taxi meter.
The ‘Friendly Taxis' campaign represents joint cooperation among the military's Artilleryman Battalion 21st King's Guard, the Central Investigation Bureau, the Land Transportation Department and Airports of Thailand.
Under it, taxi drivers operating at Airport will be asked to undertake training to learn about legal taxi practices and the punishments for illegal practices. Drivers who pass the course will be presented with a ‘Friendly Taxi' sticker they can attach to their vehicle.
The campaign is the latest effort to improve travel safety across the board in Thailand. In 2014 the National Council for Peace and Order (PONCHO) identified the improvement of public transportation systems as a key part of its mission to rid the country of all injustice and bring happiness back to the people. This has included a focus on various transportation modes from long distance networks to intro-city transportation like cabs and motorbike taxis.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Tourism and Transport held a meeting in mid February 2016 with relevant government agencies and private sector tourism and car rental services, in an effort to regulate the driving of personal vehicles into Thailand by tourists.
A growing trend of self drive tourists in the kingdom as of recent is causing road safety concerns arising from different lane systems and driving practices. This is particularly evident with tourists from China where driving is on the right side of the road, as opposed to the left side of the road in Thailand.
The Land Transportation Department is now writing new regulations that will require Chinese motorists to inform ahead of time of their plans to travel in Thailand with their own vehicles, and for them to have international insurance coverage.
"These are all important steps that should be taken, both in terms of road safety and coverage for people in case of accidents", said the spokesman for BSA Law, a leading international law firm in Thailand.
BSA Law is among the many a law firm in Thailand that has welcomed the efforts by Thai law and other relevant authorities to improve travel safety, security and service in the kingdom, efforts that have been welcomed throughout Thai society in all sectors.
BSA Law is one firm that, with a mind on travel safety, encourages people to be pro-active and suggests the carrying of local emergency and other important numbers when traveling.
