Envoy warns of EU advisory against tourists using Phuket tuk-tuks


Austrian Ambassador to Thailand Johannes Peterlik warned Phuket's top officials of a Europe-wide travel advisory telling tourists not to use tuk-tuks while on holiday in Phuket.

PHUKET: The continued failure of local authorities to address problems of tuk-tuk drivers with foreign tourists could force European Union (EU) member states to issue a joint travel advisory warning against using tuk-tuks while in Phuket, the Austrian Ambassador to Thailand has warned.

Austrian Ambassador to Thailand Johannes Peterlik issued the warning to local officials during the third meeting between honorary consuls and Phuket officials at Phuket Provincial Hall on Wednesday.

http://www.phuketgazette.net/archive...icle10917.html

Clearly the Phuket transport mafia appreciate the seriousness as a few days later:

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Phuket taxi mob beats driver in broad daylight

PHUKET: A gang of taxi drivers encamped outside an upscale resort on Phuket's west coast today beat a local driver with an iron bar before causing a reported 50,000 baht in damage to his car.

His tourist passengers were reportedly inside the vehicle at the time of the attack.

Preecha Choowong, 38, filed a complaint at Kamala Police Station this afternoon, after receiving treatment for his head wound at Patong Hospital.

http://phuketgazette.net/archives/ar...icle10927.html

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