Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt recently met with Tourism andSports Minister Somsak Phureesrisak to discuss ways to enhance safetyfor foreign travelers after 30 Russians were wounded in an accident.
The incident prompted Russia 's council of tourism industry toissue an ultimatum to the Thai Government to take action in ensuringsafety for foreigners, or they would stop encouraging Russians to visitThailand .
The Russian tourism council indicated that ithas more than 5,000 travel agencies under its chain which are ready torecommend other tourist destinations to their customers.
Nonetheless, the meeting between the ministers of Transports and Tourismcovered tightened safety measures for all travelers, not just Russians,the Transport Minister said.
Chadchart stated thatrepresentatives from the government and private sectors also met at arecent meeting during which they identified a number of problemsbesetting foreign tourists.
Those problems include, amongothers, the lack of maturity of public transport drivers, drivinglicenses of foreigners, and vehicle rentals which were causes of severalaccidents happened to tourists.
The meeting established aworking group to address the issues headed by Deputy Permanent Secretaryof the Transport Ministry Teerapong Rodprasert. The committee willemploy officials from both Transport and Tourism & Sports Ministriesas well as tourism police and tourism related private agencies informulating appropriate solutions within 2 weeks.-VNA