A guide holds up a flag as a marker for her tourist group, at Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong intersection. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
Caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered tough legal action be taken against foreigners working as tour guides, a profession reserved for Thais, government deputy spokeswoman Traisuree Taisarakul said.
This followed numerous complaints of foreigners working as guides in violation of an executive decree of 2017, Ms Traisuree said.
The law stipulated that foreigners were not allowed to work without a permit or to fill jobs reserved for Thai nationals, including working as tour guides. Violators were liable to a 5,000-50,000 baht fine and immediate deportation, and banned from seeking a work…
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