PHUKET – Recently, Mr.Aekachai Chamnankaw- former souvenir operator- revealed that operators had been forced and threatened by a Chinese tour operator not to sell to their tourists. As a result the souvenir sellers had to close.
Pol.Maj.Gen.Apichai Ti-a-mart-ommander of tourism police- admitted that Chinese operators had invested more in Phuket according to the increasing number of Chinese tourist in Thailand. Some had rented land from Thai people to operate their business, some had co-invested with Thai operators.