The Tourism and Sports activities Ministry is investigating a case involving a Chinese language vacationer who was assaulted by a journey agent in Phuket after the case went viral.

A viral TikTok clip confirmed a Chinese language vacationer being assaulted with a knife by a member of workers at a tour company in Phuket throughout an altercation after the company was unable to return in full a 5,000-baht deposit for a Similan Islands tour bundle.

The vacationer claimed the members of the group have been left stranded at their resort on the morning of Jan 31, once they have been alleged to take the tour.

The Tourism and Sports activities Ministry has gathered info to be able to file a lawsuit in opposition to Blue Ocean Journey, the tour company allegedly concerned.

Phuket Police already investigated the case and charged the offender with assault inflicting harm and carrying a weapon, whereas the vacationers returned to China on Feb 2.

The Vacationer Police, tourism associations in Phuket and the Vacationer Enterprise and Information Registration workplace will meet the Chinese language consul in the present day to apologise.

As the primary batch of Chinese language tour teams to go to Thailand for the reason that reopening arrived on Monday, the Tourism Authority of Thailand mentioned the variety of Chinese language vacationers this 12 months might attain 7-8 million.

As of Monday, China now permits tour teams to go to 20 international locations, together with Thailand, after scrapping all quarantine measures for inbound arrivals since final month.

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