The Thailand Tourist Assistance Center (TAC), under the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, is responsible for coordinating and solving tourism related problems, handling tourists’ complaints, facilitating tourists, as well as coordinating with the public and private sectors regarding safety issues and other matters to be further assigned by the government and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
In this connection, the obligations of the Tourist Assistance Center covers:
1. Provision of statistics on problem , complaints, legal issues, as well as other matters relating to tourists.
2. Analysis of problems and provision of comprehensive means to tourist and related agencies.
3. Proceed with the services in handling tourist’s complaints, facilitating as well as providing safety measures to tourists and related agencies.
4. Coordinate with the public and private sectors, as well as foreign embassies and consulates in working out remedies for tourist’s related problems both short and long term.
5. Collaborate with, as well as, support, other related or authorized agencies.
Aids: Aiding foreign tourists traveling into Thailand and suffering loss or damage as a result from criminal acts, political rallies, other endangering through no negligence, intention or commission of legal offenses on the part of such foreign tourist.
Aids in Case of;
– An occurrence of natural Disasters
– An occurrence as a result of terrorism and riot
– Being bodily assaulted
– Being Raped
– An occurrence of an Accident
– Being in distress and being in a hard time
List of Tourist Assistance Centers (TAC)
1. TAC Suvarnabhumi Airport contact: (+66) 02 134 4077
2. TAC Donmueang Airport contact: (+66) 083 131 2267
3. TAC Chiang Mai Province contact: (+66) 081 796 7015
4. TAC Chiang Rai Province contact: (+66) 053 150 192
5. TAC Ubon Ratchathani Province contact: (+66) 045 311 228
6. TAC Sukhothai Province contact: (+66) 055 610 222
7. TAC Kanchanaburi Province contact: (+66) 034 520 355
8. TAC Chonburi Province contact: (+66) 038 381 278
9. TAC Surathani Province contact: (+66) 081 174 6873
10. TAC Phuket Province contact: (+66) 076 327 100
11. TAC Songkhla Province contact: (+66) 074 230 772
Bureau of Prevention and Assistance in Tourist Fraud
4 Ratchadamnoen Nok Road, Wat Sommanat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100, Thailand.
Contact: (+66) 02 356 0650, (+66) 02 134 4077 Fax: (+66) 02 356 0655
Thailand Tourist Police
You can also call Tourism Police who speaks English by dialing 1155 from your local Thai simcard number and they’ll assist you if you need any assistance.
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