I was at a fine hotel for breakfast and was very upset to see that one young Chinese guy spitted twice onto the restaurant floor, in fact around his table lae ka and no one at his table said anything!
This very little incident made me think a lot ka.
Definitely, while Thailand earns income from tourism, there's price to pay in addition to the deterioration of environment ka. The hotel itself must have changed its policy for survival so it has welcomed so many Chinese who can afford to come to Thailand. With such a shift, it affects so many things that the hotel itself may need to assess if it's worth it na ka.
First, it could turn the regular guests away because of the inappropriate mess and noisy crowds as we could no longer have our sabai sabai meals.
Second, the way the hotel serves the food has changed. The presentation that used to be quite nice has now been piled up to accommodate the increasing customers. The overall quality has dropped.
Third, I feel sorry for the waiters and waitresses as they don't seem to look as happy as before ka.
Fourth, though spitting in public could be seen to be very minor for some groups of people and yes, some Thais like cabdrivers and other groups included, it shows how much help we need from all key stakeholders like education and media sectors to make everyone aware of how their undesirable habits at home could become unacceptable standards when they visit other countries.
For Chinese in particular, I read about the government's effort to come up with something like 'spittoon' for its citizens decades ago. They need to continue working on it more seriously.
Our Thai government, families, and schools plus media need to promote the sense of social responsibility in this aspect too. We lack awareness of keeping our public areas safe and clean still! Tour guides and agencies must take it seriously to come up with the 'standards' for all tourists to be aware and behave accordingly!
In any case, we keep trying to make our own selves good examples for others to see na ka!
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