The reality of tourism in totalitarian countries

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017

Re: “Thailand being overtaken by tourist-hungry neighbours”, Letters, yesterday.

Mr David Brown, have you considered that the humble hotel porter you praised so highly probably gets interrogated after leaving a room and dealing with foreigners? 
That is the reality of Vietnamese communist rule, and I say that from personal experience. 
You seem a little less than satisfied with Thailand. What are you doing here, may I ask? 
Leon Dimitrescu