Post by Soutpeel on Mar 17, 2018 18:24:24 GMT 7
Road accidents involving foreign tourists using rented motorbikes on the rise in Pai
Hospital staff and local residents in Pai district of Mae Hong Son have called on concerned authorities to regulate motorcycle rental service providers following an increase of road accidents involving tourists using rented motorbikes.
The problem was raised at a recent forum on sustainable tourism in Pai, which is one of the top tourist destinations in the North with about 500,000 visitors a year, including some 100,000 foreign tourists.
Most tourists were not familiar with driving on mountainous streets of Pai while many of them were inexperienced motorcycle riders, the forum was told.
The problem of motorcycles and foreign tourists has been blamed to be the cause of most road accidents in the district.
englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/road-accidents-involving-foreign-tourists-using-rented-motorbikes-rise-pai/
Hospital staff and local residents in Pai district of Mae Hong Son have called on concerned authorities to regulate motorcycle rental service providers following an increase of road accidents involving tourists using rented motorbikes.
The problem was raised at a recent forum on sustainable tourism in Pai, which is one of the top tourist destinations in the North with about 500,000 visitors a year, including some 100,000 foreign tourists.
Most tourists were not familiar with driving on mountainous streets of Pai while many of them were inexperienced motorcycle riders, the forum was told.
The problem of motorcycles and foreign tourists has been blamed to be the cause of most road accidents in the district.
englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/road-accidents-involving-foreign-tourists-using-rented-motorbikes-rise-pai/
