Age

[markie1]

What age are Thai guys allowed to work in bars/And what age are thai guys allowed to to go in to a bar or a go go bar ,Only i had a friend a few weeks ago take a 19 year old boy to Jupiter bar in BKK,he was not allowed entry has they were checking ID cards and said he needed to be 20 years , is GO Go bars different to just nrmal drinking bars ??
Just curious

Thai age :

Visit disco age : 20

Visit bar age : 18

Work in bar age : 14 ? :clown:

[markie1]

Thai age :

Visit disco age : 20

Visit bar age : 18

Work in bar age : 14 ? :clown:
so you are saying its legal for a thai to visit a bar at 18 and drink alcohol, but not a disco ??

so you are saying its legal for a thai to visit a bar at 18 and drink alcohol, but not a disco ??

baziel may be "saying" that, but it is best not to pay him too much attention!

[mahjongguy]

Until a year ago, there were some variations in the booze laws. For example, 20 for clubs, but 18 to buy at 7/11.

Then the laws were normalized to 20yo for all customers.

For employees of an establishment selling alcohol, the minimum age remains 18. That may seem odd, but it's the result of trying to balance a "responsibility" campaign with the need to provide jobs for youth in a tourist economy.

Until a year ago, there were some variations in the booze laws. For example, 20 for clubs, but 18 to buy at 7/11.

Then the laws were normalized to 20yo for all customers.

For employees of an establishment selling alcohol, the minimum age remains 18. That may seem odd, but it's the result of trying to balance a "responsibility" campaign with the need to provide jobs for youth in a tourist economy.

A "tourist economy"?

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

What age are Thai guys allowed to work in bars/And what age are thai guys allowed to to go in to a bar or a go go bar ,Only i had a friend a few weeks ago take a 19 year old boy to Jupiter bar in BKK,he was not allowed entry has they were checking ID cards and said he needed to be 20 years , is GO Go bars different to just nrmal drinking bars ??
Just curious

whatever the local chief of plods allows

[mahjongguy]

A "tourist economy"?

Okay, not the best choice of phase, I'll admit.

"Tourism makes a larger contribution to ThailandтАЩs economy (typically about 6 percent of gross domestic product) than that of any other Asian nation.".

The bar/restaurant sector of the economy is closely allied with the tourist sector. Denying jobs (dishwasher, waiter, cook, whatever) in alcohol-serving establishments to those under 20yo would create a lot of hardship, and it seems they chose not to do so.