The hospitality sector in Phuket is urging the government to solve the issue of foreign mafia on the resort island.
It is concerned the group is now exploiting laws to run their own businesses while also taking up the jobs traditionally reserved for locals.
Speaking during a recent meeting about tourism issues in the three Andaman provinces, Kata Group Resorts founder and president Pramookpisitt Achariyachai said some foreigners were breaching rules on jobs which are normally restricted to Thais.
Businesses currently run by groups of foreigners include taxi services and accommodation, with some foreigners renting villages and condo rooms abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic and then renting them out again to their countrymen.
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