resorts become a crime paradise

nonsense for eyeballs!

When talking about the recent rumor that China female tourists were shackled in Thailand's male model shop, Wang He, CEO of Feixiang Travel, told the "city circle" that it was groundless.

Recently, Wang He has been investigating tourism products in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, and the business of male model shops is too good to rank. I've never heard of such a thing happening to overseas tourists.

In February this year, when group tours were just opened in Southeast Asia, many stars and online celebrity went to Thailand to punch in. But just one month later, Thailand was interpreted on the Internet as an evil place equivalent to North Myanmar and the Golden Triangle. Many tourists are amazed: how did all this happen?

Nana, the manager of a travel agency in Shanghai, is going to take two groups to Bangkok soon. Now she is troubled by receiving many inquiries every day, and the contents are the same: Can we ensure our safety? Who will bear the loss if you want to quit the group now?

among the tourists and suppliers, Nana saw that everyone was discussing the Gayaozi incident all day. The difference is that the tourists are forwarding the growing horror stories, while the industry groups are full of angry abuse.

several individual travelers really quit the group for this reason. The state has not issued a ban, which can not be regarded as force majeure. We can't refund the tourists for this, and everyone is still very unhappy. What makes Nana even more angry are the bloggers who are still spreading Kaoyanzi on the Internet. After waiting for three years, the tourism market just got up and was destroyed by them.

This sudden tourist panic in Thailand started half a month ago, and its initiator was Lin Lin, a UP doctor in bilibili. On March 9th, he released a video in bilibili and Tik Tok, titled "American Cyber Army Moves to Southeast Asia", setting a bloody trap for women.

If you browse the past video style of the UP master, you will find that the themes generally come from social news and geopolitics. Among them, the conspiracy theory, which is just right, specious and difficult to prove, is the communication password designed by the UP owner for video.

In a 31-minute video of Gayaozi in Thailand released by Lin Lin, a psychotherapist, the style of conspiracy theory is consistent. He has thrown out a number of sensational events: male model restaurants luring consumption, abducting women into fraudulent companies, buying and selling human organs and so on. These keywords are in line with netizens' imagination of those lawless places for many years, and the dark city legends that have emerged from them.

on March 24th, the video of Lin Lin, a cardiologist, about Thailand was deleted simultaneously on all platforms. However, before the deletion, the video on bilibili had gained 681,111 readings, and it received more than 2 million likes in Tik Tok.

although the video is easy to delete, it is difficult for the platform to delete it synchronously, which is the panic about Thailand tourism that has spread everywhere. The details of horror stories are constantly embellished; The topic of Thailand's tourism safety is constantly rushing to Weibo for hot search.

in the panic that flows around, it is the first-line impressions and clarifications from the parties that show the most weakness.

For example, Dr. Lilac published a popular science article, saying that the so-called kidney transplantation of Kaoyaozi is extremely difficult and difficult to match. It is necessary to check the virus infection in the donor's blood, and do a good job in screening the recipients, cancer, infection, and the adaptation of immunosuppressants. This process is often a natural barrier between kidney donors and recipients.

However, under these articles, many netizens choose to turn a blind eye: the kidney source is not ready-made, and it can be stored in the traffickers, and it will be given when necessary.

In Little Red Book, a blogger @Sukeytong just returned from Phuket. She said that she had spent money in a male model shop, and there was no safety problem. She was just worried that male models were all neutral and could not meet handsome guys.

At the bottom of the article, the comment with the highest praise is exactly the same: Didn't you get married? Even if the blogger replied: it is not too difficult to turn a foreigner to another country to get married. The netizens in the comment area are still not to be outdone, and their doubts are surging. Rumor becomes traffic password

Jiang Yang has lived in Thailand for many years. Based on his field experience in Thailand for three years, he told the "city circle" that there have been some changes in public security in Thailand recently, but it is not tourists who are mainly affected. However, these news may have formed the source of spreading the false legend of Kaoyaozi in China.

In recent years, many people who used to do ash production in Cambodia have moved their business to Thailand. This has led to many public security incidents involving extortion by Chinese in Thailand, but the main cause of the incident is economic disputes. Jiang Yang observed.

in addition, telecom fraud cases in southeast Asia and northern Myanmar have been frequently reported in newspapers recently. Jiang Yang revealed: It is not easy to go to Myanmar directly from China at present, and many people who have a vague idea will choose to cross the border between Myanmar and Thailand. Therefore, people will also imagine the place where some vicious incidents occurred as Thailand.

In addition, due to transit problems, some people will collect some fake identity cards in Thailand and engage in the sale of gray products such as fraud, money laundering and lending. For this reason, the local police are focusing on cracking down on related incidents, and sometimes check the passports of Chinese people from time to time in the glorious area in the center of Bangkok. Jiang Yang said that if you simply travel to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket and other places, tourists will basically not be bothered by these problems. Tourism in Thailand can still be said to be very safe.

As for the men's model shop, it is an important part of Thailand's tourism and customs industry. If it is not safe, how can there be so many local people who dare to go? Jiang Yang asks.

But on the network side, these events have been spread beyond recognition by many bloggers. For example, the Thai police routinely check their documents, which is interpreted as extortion by the police and even kidnapping tourists from China.

On platforms such as Little Red Book and Tik Tok, talking about the security risks in Thailand has become the most effective traffic password for bloggers.

On March 24th, the "City Circle" searched for Thailand tourism on Little Red Book, but the raiders and travel experience sharing that should have appeared were replaced by persuasion videos, many of which were praised by tens of thousands. When you click on the videos of bloggers, you will see that their styles and ways of telling are basically the same as those of Lin Lin, a heart doctor.

On the internet, Thailand has slipped from a resort to a crime paradise. Recently, all relevant parties in Thailand's tourism are busy with urgent rumors.

On March 21th, the Cabinet Government of Thailand held a special discussion on Thailand's security image at a regular meeting. Anucha, the first spokesman of the Thai Prime Minister's Office, said: Prime Minister Ba Yu expressed concern about the recent smear remarks spread on the Chinese-Thai network. The recent fake news in China-Thailand network has caused great harm to Thailand's tourism, investment and other related fields. Online copywriting about tourists being imprisoned, transferred, trafficked or caught in other dangerous situations after arriving in Thailand has not happened in Thailand, and the security environment in Thailand is still at the normal level recognized by the world without any warning.

The National Tourism Administration of Thailand also released Weibo: Rumors stop with wise men. How many people have been honked by illiterate black bloggers before being honked!

However, these rumors seem to have little effect. Although all parties have come forward to explain, netizens still refuse to buy it. Even more and more tourism itself has been labeled as dangerous.

On the other hand, on platforms such as Tik Tok, some bloggers posted videos of hidden security risks in Thailand, which generally received a huge number of clicks, and thriller was the biggest traffic password of these broadcasters.

For example, a blogger said: A few days ago, a friend went to Thailand to get a graduate diploma and got off the plane to take a taxi. The driver thought that he was from China and didn't know Thai, so he directly called and said that three people here wanted organs. Similar videos have gained tens of thousands of likes on Tik Tok.

Jiang Yang feels very helpless about these phenomena. The biggest winner of this wave of panic is the marketing number, which takes advantage of people's strange psychology of not going abroad for a long time to harvest traffic. However, tourism in Southeast Asia has always been mixed, and there is no such thing as absolute safety. But as long as you do a good job, you can get a quality experience. Too expensive to go?

Being swept into this wave of Thailand tourism panic suddenly, Nana felt angry, but more puzzled. According to the statistics of Thailand Tourism Bureau, in 2119, the number of China tourists visiting Thailand reached 11 million. So many people have been to Thailand, how can there be such a big market for the rumors of Gayaozi?

For many years, Thailand has been a holiday paradise loved by tourists all over the world. However, Thailand, which has been blackened rapidly recently, is not only fueled by online celebrity, but also related to the decline of Thailand's own tourism experience.

Some time ago, Thailand was too expensive to go and rushed to Weibo for hot search. Some tourists who took the lead in Thailand in February said that Thailand's hotels, prices and service prices have risen significantly, and it is no longer the best choice for poor travel.

In this regard, Wang He told the "city boundary" that traveling in Thailand is about 51% more expensive now than a few years ago. Previously, a single person could play in Thailand for five or six days for 3,111 yuan, but now it costs about 5,111 yuan, and the prices of free travel and group tour are similar.

among them, the most important reason comes from the increase in air ticket prices. A few years ago, the air ticket to and from Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other places could be about 1,511-1,811 yuan. At present, the price can only be a one-way flight at most.

The person in charge of Ctrip's air tickets told the "city boundary" that the average price of one-way outbound air tickets for Ctrip in March was 2,124 yuan, which was 51.5% lower than that of the same period last year. Among them, Chiang Mai was selected as the most affordable TOP3 destination and lived in TOP1, the most affordable destination in Thailand, with an average one-way ticket price of RMB 1,632. However, the overall price decline rate is hardly optimistic, which is related to the difficulty in increasing the number of flights in the short term. At present, the number of outbound flights is still slowly recovering.

a few years ago, I spent five or six days in Thailand. If two people were traveling together and staying in a good hotel, it would cost about 2,411 yuan for two people. The local catering and play projects in Thailand have always been very cheap.

But recently, Wang He saw that the overall hotel price in Thailand has increased by about 31%. Some people speculate that this is due to the fact that Thailand's tourism industry has not opened for three years, but has been open for three years, hoping to realize quick cash. Wang He said that this speculation is not true. If there are no tourists, the hotel can't raise the price if it wants. Everything is still determined by supply and demand.

Wang He revealed that the main reason is that there are many foreign tourists in Thailand recently, and the hotel occupancy rate is high. In particular, guests from Russia, India and the Middle East concentrated on vacation, which made the hotel occupancy rate reach 81%-91%.

Generally speaking, March to April is not only the tourist season in Thailand, but also the traditional hotel rising cycle. Every year from October to April, many Russians come to Thailand for their holidays. Their holidays are long, and the consumption in Pattaya and Phuket in Thailand is low. Many people stay for one month. In addition, Thailand has done a lot of tourism promotion in India this year, and the increase of Indian tourists is also very fast. Wang He explained.

if the package tour is adopted, the prices of buses, restaurants, ground connections and other services for tour groups in Thailand have not yet been fully restored, and it is difficult to drop rapidly in the short term.

These comprehensive factors have influenced the willingness of China tourists to go to Thailand. When outbound travel was just released, Thailand Airport boldly predicted that 7 million to 11 million China tourists would land in Bangkok in 2123. However, from October 1 to February 2 this year, Thailand received only one million tourists from China.

Wang He also saw it recently in Bangkok and Phuket, and it is true that there are fewer people in China. The main reason is that air tickets are expensive, flights are few, and group tours have not yet started.

Wang He is optimistic about the next changes. After April and May, when Russia enters summer, the price in Thailand will come down. May Day and summer vacation, there may be a small peak of travel, but the price may remain at around 6111 yuan in the short term. However, even if there is a correction in the price of Thailand tourism in the future, the global labor costs are rising in the medium and long term, and a small increase in Thailand tourism is also inevitable.

although the situation of traveling to Thailand for two or three thousand yuan may never return. However, in the data provided by Ctrip, Thailand and Bangkok are still the TOP1 destinations of countries and cities that the platform has searched for in recent 7 days, benefiting from comprehensive service and travel experience.

In addition, if you want to consider the flat products of Thailand tour, Xie Xiaoqing, a senior researcher at Ctrip Research Institute, told the "market boundary": From the dimension of air tickets, some Southeast Asian destinations are more affordable. According to the average price of one-way air tickets booked by Ctrip in March, Phnom Penh, Manila, Chiang Mai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are the most affordable TOP5 destinations, and the average price of one-way air tickets ranges from 1188 yuan to 1811 yuan.

From the perspective of cost performance, Wang He suggested that tourists can visit Malaysia more in the near future. Its price of group tour and free travel is equivalent to that of Thailand, and it can probably be about four or five thousand yuan.

after April, Sabah started direct flights. Thailand is rainy from April to October, when the rainy season in Malaysia has passed, and it is only about 23 degrees at night. The sea in Malaysia is also very beautiful. Of course, especially for China tourists, there is no so-called public security problem in Malaysia < P > (Nana and Jiangyang are pseudonyms in this article.