Nine tour companies in Phuket checked on suspicion of being proxies of foreign firms

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015
Nine tour companies in Phuket checked on suspicion of being proxies of foreign firms

Tourist police and officials from four agencies jointly inspected nine tour companies on the Phuket island after the firms were suspected of being proxies of foreign investors.

Santi Pawai, chief tourism and sports office of Phuket, led tourist police, and officials from other agencies to check the nine firms in Phuket’s Muang district.
The firms included Five Stars Sea Cruises Co Ltd, Amazing Bike Tour Co Ltd, and Dive Marine Co Ltd.
Following the inspections, Santi said all the firms failed to provide documents to identify the owners. They were given five days to provide proper documents or they would face a fine of Bt4,000.