Chiang Mai Tourism Woes

Full story: Carl Parkes

Tourism may be down worldwide, but Thailand has been especially hard hit due to political problems, closures of international airports, double pricing scams, taxi ripoffs at the airport, and blatant discrimination against the tens of thousands of expats who call Thailand home.

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