0:00:01 > 0:00:04Welcome to Thailand.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Every year, hundreds of thousands of young Brits flock here
0:00:07 > 0:00:11for beautiful sun-drenched beaches,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13amazing hotels
0:00:13 > 0:00:17and perhaps the biggest parties in the world.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21The good news is it's never been cheaper or easier to holiday here.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24For a week, the Banthai hotel
0:00:24 > 0:00:26is only £300 each.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27No way!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30But why is it costing so little?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Tonight, Stacey Dooley goes to Thailand
0:00:33 > 0:00:36to find out if there's a darker side to tourism.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Are our two weeks of luxury abroad
0:00:39 > 0:00:41making life hell for the locals?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Two years you've not seen the girls, no?
0:00:48 > 0:00:51If this is the kind of lifestyle they can expect
0:00:51 > 0:00:54for working six days a week, nine hours a day,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56this isn't on, you know.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00What happens when 20,000 tourists descend on one small island
0:01:00 > 0:01:02for the ultimate beach party?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06It is absolute carnage in parts of that beach.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Two tourists had a fight and someone got shot?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14And is the building of one more luxury hotel
0:01:14 > 0:01:16more important than saving a local community?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19This programme contains some strong language.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25It makes you realise...
0:01:25 > 0:01:29the sacrifices that are made for the holidays we go on.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42After a 13-hour flight,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Stacey's first stop is Phuket.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Over three million tourists from all over the world
0:01:50 > 0:01:53visit the island every year.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55That's almost ten tourists to every local.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03It's exciting. Thailand's exciting.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06This is the place where everyone wants to come,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10everyone's always dreaming about a beach in Thailand....
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and I'm here.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16For the past three years,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Stacey's been lifting the lid
0:02:18 > 0:02:20on shocking stories in the developing world.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26In Cambodia, she met victims of sex trafficking.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31You're constantly having sex with men in the karaoke bar and you're 13.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37And in Africa's Ivory Coast, she exposed child labour in the international cocoa industry.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41I would much rather them be hanging out in the classrooms than working in the cocoa farms.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Now Stacey wants to know
0:02:43 > 0:02:47what's happening in the countries where we love to go on holiday.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Is that a Tesco?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52There's a blooming Tesco in Thailand.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Stacey will be staying in the Patong Beach area of Phuket,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03which is packed with hotels offering cheap holidays to tourists worldwide.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So far, I think it's quite commercial.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12It's not dissimilar to parts of Tenerife, Benidorm, Ayia Napa...
0:03:12 > 0:03:14you know, that kind of feel.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16It'll be really interesting to find out
0:03:16 > 0:03:19if the billboards and all the carry on
0:03:19 > 0:03:23is solely for the tourists, or the Thai people as well.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Hello. Sawadee ka.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Thank you so much.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Thank you.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37It's very plush.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Although it boasts five bars,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42several swimming pools and a spa,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47The Banthai Hotel costs as little as £30 per person, per night.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Oh, my god.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Thank you very much.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54That's really kind.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Thank you. Thank you.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01It's very nice.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Everyone's lovely.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It's like you're treated like royalty,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07nothing's an issue, nothing's too much.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11In England, you get a humpy girl sometimes behind the reception
0:04:11 > 0:04:12who flings you your keys.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15But it's lovely. It's very, very nice.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Thank you. Ooooh.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23This is lovely.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25It's nicer than my flat at home.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30That's really kind. Thank you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Beach bag, yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38That's really kind, thanks. I like flip-flops.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39The weird thing is
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I've stayed in places in Ibiza, Marbella,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I've been to Europe and paid 600 or 700 quid
0:04:45 > 0:04:50and I've literally stayed in a white box with a bed and a towel.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54The service hasn't been great, no-one has been as lovely as...
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It just seems in Thailand that the rooms are extra special
0:04:57 > 0:05:01and the standard is a lot higher, it does seem to me.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I think I'm going to get my little bikini on and go in...
0:05:08 > 0:05:13I've only got one day so I need to really make the most of it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Stacey's here to find out what life is like for the hotel staff.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Tomorrow, she will spend the day working with them.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26but first, she wants to check out the standard of service they provide.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29How many of you guys are on today? How many staff are there?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31357 persons.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Oh, my God, that's loads!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37There aren't that many rooms. How many rooms are there?
0:05:37 > 0:05:38290 rooms.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- So there is more staff than there is rooms?- Yes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42That's why we're spoiled.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Thank you, that's really kind. Thank you.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- You're welcome, enjoy your drink. - Thank you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51With there being more staff than there is rooms,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55it just means that the staff probably won't be brilliantly paid.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59So that'll be interesting to find out - how it works.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12It's 7am.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Today, Stacey wants to find out more about staff conditions
0:06:15 > 0:06:17so she's going to be working as a chambermaid,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20reporting to Mr Pichet.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Good morning.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Hello.- This is your uniform. - That's very kind.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Try to keep your hair tight on the back.- Yeah.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38No wristwatch, no bracelets,
0:06:38 > 0:06:39no earring.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Ah, this kind of earring is OK.- OK.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Mr Pichet runs a tight ship of 28 chambermaids,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49with military precision.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52He demands the hotel's 290 rooms
0:06:52 > 0:06:56are cleaned to five-star standards on a daily basis.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59For the bed, make up the bed,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03it's going to take about five minutes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06For the bathroom...
0:07:06 > 0:07:10six.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12OK.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15So how many rooms do we have to clean today?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- 14 rooms.- 14?
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Oh, I can do that.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- One-four?- Yes.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Yeah, is that a lot?
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- For our staff, they get used to it.- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- They will spend around 30 minutes per room.- OK.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35You have to try to do that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- You follow me.- I follow you.- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45Chambermaid Kalerb is giving Stacey a demo before she's on her own.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48OK.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Oh.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Take everything.- Take everything.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Chambermaids work six days a week,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59earning about £4.50 a day.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03This is about 80 pence above the legal minimum wage
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and considered a living salary in Thailand.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Have there been cases where the guests have come and the rooms haven't been ready?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Stacey's training is over.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31She's now got to clean each room in under 30 minutes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35OK. Here's my time to shine.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It's twenty past ten.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Five minutes are allocated to change each bed.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Oh, I can't even get the sheet off.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Not likey the bed bit!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But after 15, Stacey's still not finished.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I'm sweating like a pig, I'm so hot.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I can't find the corner, I'll do that in a minute.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Each bathroom is supposed to be cleaned within six minutes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Someone's done a poo in there.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Stacey's still going after 20.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Oh, no. There seems to be a stain on here.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I'm tired.
0:09:17 > 0:09:1845 minutes in
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and Stacey should be halfway through her second room by now.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I hope they appreciate me tidying their room.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I don't know what to keep and what to throw away.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34After an hour and ten minutes -
0:09:34 > 0:09:3840 minutes more than the allotted time,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Mr Pichet returns to inspect Stacey's first room.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I know the bed isn't ideal.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Very messy.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Come on.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56The sheet is not tucked properly.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00The pillow is not in position.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04I'm going to take it out.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Can you make it properly? It's got to be like this...- Right.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Having failed to reach the hotel's high standards,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15the whole room has to be cleaned again.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19See? It's wrong.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I'm knackered. I am so, so tired.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27And now, I'm starting to think,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31"Jeez, man, these girls work very hard."
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Ruddy tourists.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Chambermaids must work at full speed for eight hours a day
0:10:37 > 0:10:39to reach their targets
0:10:39 > 0:10:41and earn their basic daily wage of £4.50.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46Many support whole families on this income.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- And you've got two kids? - Two girls, two daughters.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Oh, lovely.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Are you able to get back and visit the kids? Is that something you're able to do.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23And there's no plans to see the kids anytime soon?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39What's normal for people over here,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41would blow us away in England.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44So when there's a girl a couple of years older than you
0:11:44 > 0:11:47telling you that she's not seen her kids in two years...
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I'm 23 and if I'd not seen my mum in months, I'd be beside myself.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54So you know, you feel gutted for them.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57You know, you don't want mums to be away from their babies.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01The only way Kalerb can afford to live on her wages
0:12:01 > 0:12:04is to stay in the free dormitory-style accommodation
0:12:04 > 0:12:07provided by the hotel.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11But there are restrictions for the workers who live in the staff block.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Are you allowed visitors?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Are you allowed your friends to come into your room?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Is there a security guard?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32On the door?
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- OK, welcome to my room. - Aw, thank you.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Aw.- Welcome to my room.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45How many of you stay here?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Depends.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- My daughter...
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Oh, my God.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- The five-year-old?- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00She's beautiful.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Aw, look at her little skirt.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Are you proud?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Hello! This is my friend.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15'In the hotel staff block, there are at least 25 mothers
0:13:15 > 0:13:18'who don't have their children living with them.'
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Have you got any children?
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- I have one. - You have one child. Aw, a girl.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26How old is she?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Nine.- Nine?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- Does she live in Phuket?- No.- No.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Do you get to see your daughter much or not so much?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44If you weren't to work in Phuket, in Banthai,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46where would you be working?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Would there be any work if you could live with your daughter?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00It's a huge sacrifice,
0:14:00 > 0:14:06to be faced with the dilemma of either earning a living wage...
0:14:06 > 0:14:09or spending time with your family.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39'With their basic pay of £4.50 a day,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42'the girls are still being paid above the minimum wage.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44'But Stacey wants to know
0:14:44 > 0:14:47'if there's anything that tourists can do to make their lives easier.'
0:14:47 > 0:14:52If tourists tipped you a little bit every now and then,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55how much of a difference would that make to you guys?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Tips, even like a quid, 50p -
0:15:33 > 0:15:36if you leave that in the hotel it really can help
0:15:36 > 0:15:38because the girls do 14 rooms a day on average.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43So that's £14 a day, if everyone leaves a pound in the hotel room
0:15:43 > 0:15:47and that doesn't seem like anything, does it?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I wouldn't miss a couple of quid if I left it on the side,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53but that would make a massive difference to the girls.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55It's not fair, something's not right,
0:15:55 > 0:16:00because there's a 36-year-old woman living with two other women.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Two of the other woman don't see their kids,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06one of them hasn't seen their girls for two years.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07It's ridiculous.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Some hotel staff earn more than chambermaids like Kalerb,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17which means they can afford to rent their own homes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Barmaid Nid earns about £10 a day
0:16:21 > 0:16:25and she's agreed to show Stacey where she lives.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Right, nice and slow, yeah?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Nid may earn twice as much as the chambermaids,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47but that doesn't go far in the tourist areas of Phuket.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Oh, my God.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59The only houses left that the locals can afford
0:16:59 > 0:17:01are on the edge of Patong Beach,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04in the shadow of the high-rise hotels.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09That was incredible.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11It was a bit scary,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13but it's totally the best way to see Thailand.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I felt very rock'n'roll.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20With her earnings of £4.50,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Stacey wants to see what she can get for her money
0:17:22 > 0:17:24in Nid's local shop.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Oh, is this the shop?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Toothpaste, soap...
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Eh...what else do we fancy?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Do you want this? Do you need this?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39This is for your cups.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48That's very kind, thank you. Thank you.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50And that's almost half the wages gone.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I've got toothpaste, bleach, a scourer, shampoo, a bar of soap...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57like, necessities.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Sawadee ka!
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Look at this little one.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Sawadee ka.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17I bet you're glad to be home after your long day?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Very tired?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Tired.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Most of the accommodation on Nid's street
0:18:25 > 0:18:28has only one room with a separate toilet.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Running water and electricity are available most of the time.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Sawadee ka.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Oh, brilliant.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Lovely.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Oh, home sweet home.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52You're glad to be home?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Thank you for having me.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I'm really grateful.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59This is my bed!?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Nice! Thank you.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I could just lie on this now, actually.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Aaah!
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Nid pays £40 a month to live here.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14You can shower.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Thank you. I probably will need a shower. I don't smell very fresh.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20That's expensive for Thailand.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Oh, my God, there's a rat up there. Aah!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Sorry. I'm sorry.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I can just hear them.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Oh, man,
0:19:36 > 0:19:37that's a rat up there.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I'm not going to be able to sleep now.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I did think there would be rats but I hadn't seen one.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45I've just seen one.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Oh, man, man.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Oh, and there's a cat.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Stacey wants to know why Nid chooses to live in such poor conditions
0:20:06 > 0:20:09when she could like for free
0:20:09 > 0:20:11in the hotel staff block.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Come and go as you like?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Is the rent for accommodation
0:20:33 > 0:20:37really too expensive for local people to pay
0:20:37 > 0:20:40in the actual tourist areas?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Right, right.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00So, out of your wages comes the rent...
0:21:28 > 0:21:31It's insane, isn't it? Absolutely crazy.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Would you mind showing me around your road?
0:21:36 > 0:21:41OK, so this is your road? Yeah?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Do you think... Look, all your neighbours are out.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Most of Nid's neighbours
0:21:47 > 0:21:49have come to Phuket to work in tourism.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Are there quite a lot of families who live on this road?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03How many people are in this road?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12A hundred people?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Two doors up,
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Nid's neighbour came from the north of Thailand to find work...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22There's a baby, a little baby in a hammock.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Sawadee Ka.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Thank you for letting me come in.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31How many children have you got?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Four.- Four!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36My God, you must be tired.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43And does your family work nearby?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Do you find that you're selling enough?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Are you selling enough to get by?
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I think they can't be making a lot of money, can they,
0:23:04 > 0:23:09if they're living somewhere like this?
0:23:09 > 0:23:14It just seems unfair that four kids are having to live in a place like this.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27This is what really hammers it home to you, you know?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I've spent time in the hotel...
0:23:29 > 0:23:32and the pool and the food and the buffet.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34And it's beautiful, it's very clean.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35It smells lovely.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38It's gorgeous surroundings
0:23:38 > 0:23:42and then you come to the road that she lives on
0:23:42 > 0:23:44and it's this...
0:23:44 > 0:23:50The people that work at the hotel are paid over the minimum wage,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55so by law, they should be able to live off that wage.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59And if this is the kind of lifestyle they can expect
0:23:59 > 0:24:03for working six days a week, nine hours a day,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05this isn't on, you know?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06It's not fair.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The standard of living she's experienced
0:24:15 > 0:24:19leaves Stacey looking for answers.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22She's arranged a meeting with the managers of the hotel.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Thank you for letting me see you.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'm Stacey.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- And your name?- Bula.- Bula.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Very nice to meet you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- Nice to meet you.- My name is Hessa. - Thank you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- Please.- Oh, thanks a lot.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42The staff - does their wage need to be higher?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Do they need to be paid more
0:24:44 > 0:24:48so they can live in decent living conditions in Phuket?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Because at the minute they are not able to?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25But I was speaking to some mums that work here
0:25:25 > 0:25:26and they were saying to me
0:25:26 > 0:25:29that they haven't seen their kids in a couple of years.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Would it ever be an option,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36to have the kids come and stay with the mums at the staff block?
0:25:36 > 0:25:37OK.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Because family is important
0:26:04 > 0:26:09and, you know, you don't want mums to be away from their kids if you can help it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12And you know, although sacrifices do have to be made,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16you don't want families to be spilt up
0:26:16 > 0:26:20just so that they can earn a living wage.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22So, is our demand, as tourists,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25for relatively cheap holidays to Thailand
0:26:25 > 0:26:28affecting you guys in a negative way?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52'Package deals are so, so reasonable.'
0:26:52 > 0:26:55They're so cheap from England to Thailand.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58But you want the money that you're paying for your holiday
0:26:58 > 0:27:02to really benefit the people that are serving your drinks
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and cleaning your rooms
0:27:05 > 0:27:07and I don't think that's happening.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I think tipping is definitely a good thing. It's a really...
0:27:10 > 0:27:11It's not even difficult.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13If you just leave a quid,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17then at least you know they've got some of the money.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25The hotel workers in Phuket are struggling to make ends meet,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27but there are other people here
0:27:27 > 0:27:29who are facing an even bigger challenge...
0:27:29 > 0:27:34their whole way of life is under threat.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39During my time here in this part of Phuket,
0:27:39 > 0:27:44I've realised that tourism really is pricing out the locals.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46And twenty minutes up the road,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49I've heard of a fishing community
0:27:49 > 0:27:53and they are actually trying to keep hold of the land that they are living on at the minute,
0:27:53 > 0:27:58although a hotel developer is trying to get hold of that land, to build a hotel, obviously.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59So I'm going to see them.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Stacey's heading to Rawai Beach in the south of Phuket.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Sawadee ka!
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Hello.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21How are you?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24My name is Stacey.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- And your name?- Sunnit.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Sunnit? Lovely to meet you.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Sunnit, what is your position in the village?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35What is your role in the community?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39SPEAKS THAI:
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Sunnit is the leader of the fisherman of Rawai Beach,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46who are known as Sea Gypsies.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49They came here from China over 400 years ago
0:28:49 > 0:28:53and have lived on these beaches ever since.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57The guys will literally just dive down into the water now
0:28:57 > 0:29:01and catch the lobster and the fish with their bare hands.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05No rods or anything like that, they just grab it with their hands.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07The Sea Gypsies fish every day
0:29:07 > 0:29:11to support their community of 2,000 people.
0:29:13 > 0:29:19Look, here he is, here he is... Any fish?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Woo-hoo!
0:29:22 > 0:29:27Well done, you got loads.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31But since the arrival of tourism in this area 30 years ago,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34the Sea Gypsies' traditional way of life
0:29:34 > 0:29:36has become more and more threatened.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39SPEAKS THAI:
0:29:55 > 0:29:57And did they know what they were doing
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- when they put their thumb prints on the paper?
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Since the 1970s, business developers
0:30:14 > 0:30:18have gradually been taking control of more and more of Rawaii Beach.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36You'd have to be silly to think,
0:30:36 > 0:30:40"Oh, I wonder why a hotel developer wants to put a hotel on this beach?"
0:30:40 > 0:30:41It's stunning.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I've never thought, "I wonder what this place was like
0:30:44 > 0:30:47"before this fancy hotel was plonked on it."
0:30:47 > 0:30:49It makes you realise the sacrifices
0:30:49 > 0:30:53that are made for the holidays we go on.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Sunnit wants to show Stacey the land that he lived on
0:30:58 > 0:31:00until just a few years ago.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13And now no-one lives here, not one person?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17The land where Sunnit's home stood
0:31:17 > 0:31:20now forms part of the grounds of a hotel development.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25Ah, this is the hotel.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33What percentage of the land that you lived on
0:31:33 > 0:31:36have you lost through business developers coming here?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46So very, very, very little you've been left with?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Hardly anything they've left you.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52So where does everybody live now?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Today, the Sea Gypsies who once had the whole beach to live on
0:32:04 > 0:32:08are squeezed into one twentieth of their former homeland.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He's having his little bath.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18There's not loads of space is there?
0:32:20 > 0:32:24As you can see there's not loads and loads of space for the community.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27It's very, very cramped conditions.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Hello!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54It seems ridiculous to think
0:32:54 > 0:32:59that we've got that massive stretch of beach just metres down the road
0:32:59 > 0:33:03and then everyone is trying to huddle together in this tiny space.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05It doesn't make any sense to me.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Money, money, money, isn't it?
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Sunnit is keen to show Stacey the way of life they have lost.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18You've got so, so much more space here.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Are these the kind of houses that you were used to before?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26That house is bigger than any of the space
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I've seen the families living in.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33It seems ridiculous to think that the living conditions
0:33:33 > 0:33:36were better all them years ago.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39You've gone backwards not forwards.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Unfortunately the Sea Gypsies' problems are not over yet.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46A businessman now wants to build a hotel
0:33:46 > 0:33:49on the last bit of land they have left.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53But, Sunnit, who owns the title deeds for this land?
0:34:06 > 0:34:10So were the Sea Gypsies here on this land
0:34:10 > 0:34:13before the title deeds even existed?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33So the King even came and visited you guys
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and recognised that you all lived here?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Like many traditional communities,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41the Sea Gypsies have never had the deeds for the land they've lived on.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45This has meant businessmen have been able to buy the deeds
0:34:45 > 0:34:48and draw up plans for more hotels.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52The Sea Gypsies were absolutely on this land first.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54There's no question.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56They've all told me and there's pictures to prove it.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00I think it's important if these sea gypsies were here first
0:35:00 > 0:35:03then they have to know their rights,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06and they have to be, you know...
0:35:06 > 0:35:09people should acknowledge that they were here first.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15Tourism really frightens the Sea Gypsies, I think, you know.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18The thought of losing the tiny bit of land
0:35:18 > 0:35:22they are living on... really, really hurts them
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and they really don't want to go there, and I get that, I understand.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43The next morning, Stacey is meeting with lawyer Puvanart Baoneam
0:35:43 > 0:35:48who is single-handedly fighting the Sea Gypsies' case.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Something that I really don't understand
0:35:53 > 0:35:56is that if the Sea Gypsies were here first
0:35:56 > 0:36:00how has someone else managed to get their hands on the title deeds?
0:36:01 > 0:36:05SPEAKS THAI:
0:36:15 > 0:36:18What could guarantee that the sea gypsies could live and stay
0:36:18 > 0:36:21on the land that they are on right now?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23What could absolutely make sure that happens?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36It really is the sea gypsies and this one lawyer
0:36:36 > 0:36:39against a lot of tough businessmen.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Like, this is their home.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Rawaii Beach is where they live. They're not doing any harm,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49just leave this one community to be.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51You know, I feel really passionately about this
0:36:51 > 0:36:54and I feel that it would be ridiculous for me to come out here,
0:36:54 > 0:36:59feel as passionate as I do and then not really do what I can.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Stacey tries to set up a meeting with the politicians
0:37:03 > 0:37:04who have the power to help.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09OK, there is a chance that I could maybe
0:37:09 > 0:37:13get to speak to someone important, or someone in power,
0:37:13 > 0:37:17or in government, because I think we need to take this
0:37:17 > 0:37:19to the top, or else we're never going to be able
0:37:19 > 0:37:22to get it moving as fast as it needs to be
0:37:22 > 0:37:28and there's a danger of leaving here and it not being safe,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31the Sea Gypsies not being safe where they are.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43Beautiful beaches like Rawaii are a big draw all over Thailand.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48I've seen how the Sea Gypsies want to live and how they are fighting
0:37:48 > 0:37:50for the land that they are living on.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54They don't want it to be taken over by tourism.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58And now I'm off to a place called Ko Pha Ngan , and it hosts the full moon parties
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and that's exactly what happens on the island once a month,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05tourists, tens of thousands of them, all flock to that one spot.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Located in the gulf of Thailand just ten miles north of Koh Samui,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19the island of Ko Pha Ngan can only be reached by boat.
0:38:19 > 0:38:25I hope everyone on the boat thinks I'm as cool as them, which I'm not.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31A visit to the Buddhist Island is seen as a rite of passage
0:38:31 > 0:38:34by gap year students and back-packers world wide.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Everyone's cool and everyone's just here to have a good time,
0:38:38 > 0:38:43so you can see why it's attractive to most British people my age.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48The island we're approaching is a really tiny island
0:38:48 > 0:38:53with local people living there, and there's 20,000 30,000 tourists
0:38:53 > 0:38:55all go there at the one time.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57So I think it will be really interesting
0:38:57 > 0:39:00to find out how the locals deal with that.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04The full moon party is meant to be pretty awesome,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- I've heard a lot about it but never actually experienced it before. - Me too. It's my first time.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11What have you heard about it? What do you think we're expecting?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14They are known as the world's biggest beach parties
0:39:14 > 0:39:16and I've read a lot about them in books.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I've heard there is going to be about 20,000 people.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23Really looking forward to it. I've heard loads of really good things.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26People come from all over the world to this one party.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30I think that's what makes it so famous isn't it? The party.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Since the early '90s, the full moon party has been a mecca
0:39:39 > 0:39:43for travellers seeking a spiritual experience.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45One please.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47But what was once a gathering
0:39:47 > 0:39:50for enlightened, like-minded back packers...
0:39:58 > 0:40:00..is now a riot of body paint,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03dance music and cheap alcohol.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15They set the rope on fire
0:40:15 > 0:40:19with petrol and then they... Oh!
0:40:26 > 0:40:30You couldn't pay me £1,000 to do that. I'm such a wimp.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36It's just so commercialised.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37It's so English.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41It's so European.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It feels really English here.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48You could be in Benidorm, Tenerife, Ayia Napa.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51It's just not what I expected at all.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Cashing in on the tourist invasion,
0:40:53 > 0:40:57the locals are selling bucketfuls of booze from 100 Bhats.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00That's as little as £2.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03How much did you pay for your buckets?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- 200 Baht.- No, this one was 100.
0:41:06 > 0:41:12Here is 100 Baht. There is 450 and down there is 150.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- How come it's so cheap? - Everyone likes the cheapest.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Everyone likes it cheap?
0:41:17 > 0:41:22The island's population is almost 15,000, but tourism
0:41:22 > 0:41:26is bringing in over £50million a year to Ko Pha Ngan .
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Do you think the full moon party is good for the locals?
0:41:29 > 0:41:32It's the best thing for their economy, it has to be.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- There's nothing else they've got. - Money talks over here.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Money does talk over here. That's true.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43As the hours go by and the booze flows,
0:41:43 > 0:41:48the binge drinking paradise takes a darker turn.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52It is absolute carnage in parts of that beach.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Literally, like, girls are like rolling round the floor dribbling.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58One of the girls can't talk.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03Drunken accidents are so common at the parties that the locals
0:42:03 > 0:42:07have started a volunteer rescue service to cope with the casualties.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11SPEAKS THAI:
0:42:16 > 0:42:21What do you personally think of the way the tourists behave
0:42:21 > 0:42:23when they come to your island?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Min and Nam are on duty tonight.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44How is their reaction to you when you are just trying to help them?
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Is it that every full moon party everyone gets carried away,
0:42:58 > 0:43:04affecting the level of service and level of medical attention
0:43:04 > 0:43:07that the local people on this island are getting?
0:43:20 > 0:43:25Even though they don't understand the tourists' desire to over indulge,
0:43:25 > 0:43:28the rescue volunteers still make sure everyone is safe.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49She's trying to help people and they get really violent and aggressive
0:43:49 > 0:43:51and everyone's been drinking.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53It puts a whole different spin on things.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55You don't want to be really solemn
0:43:55 > 0:44:00and say people can't have a party, but this island is so tiny, so small
0:44:00 > 0:44:02and they can't really handle it.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04They've not got the facilities
0:44:04 > 0:44:08and they've not got the space to handle tens of thousands of people
0:44:08 > 0:44:11coming and needing medical attention, a lot of them.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21It's chaos. It's ridiculous in parts of that beach.
0:44:29 > 0:44:35It's the morning after. Despite starting 12 hours earlier,
0:44:35 > 0:44:39the party is still going strong... for some.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51It's a cheap night out for the tourists, but the islanders
0:44:51 > 0:44:56are left to deal with almost 12 tons of rubbish after every party.
0:45:01 > 0:45:07It's not just the rubbish the locals are left to pick up.
0:45:07 > 0:45:13With the excesses of the full moon party, it's often dead bodies.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17THEY GREET EACH OTHER IN THAI
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- How are you?- I'm fine. - My name is Stacey.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Khun Lek founded the rescue service eight years ago
0:45:23 > 0:45:27to help the island cope with the extra casualties
0:45:27 > 0:45:29from the full moon parties.
0:45:29 > 0:45:33The volunteers are unpaid and depend entirely on donations
0:45:33 > 0:45:35to buy medical equipment.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40So these pictures, which ones are a direct result
0:45:40 > 0:45:43of the full moon party?
0:45:44 > 0:45:45SPEAKS THAI:
0:45:45 > 0:45:46This guy?
0:45:56 > 0:45:57My God.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58What happened to this guy?
0:46:07 > 0:46:09They shot each other?
0:46:11 > 0:46:14This is the actual beach because I recognize the bucket,
0:46:14 > 0:46:18where they sell the buckets, and two tourists had a fight
0:46:18 > 0:46:21at the full moon party and someone got shot?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39How many of the tourists that die every year,
0:46:39 > 0:46:41how many of them are British?
0:46:52 > 0:46:54So seven or eight people that are British
0:46:54 > 0:46:56are dying every year in Ko Pha Ngan?
0:47:01 > 0:47:05There are no official figures for the island of Ko Pha Ngan ,
0:47:05 > 0:47:10but last year a total of 292 Brits died in Thailand.
0:47:13 > 0:47:18The morning after the full moon party ends here for some tourists.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07This absolutely happens.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10In these fridges there have been girls my age,
0:48:10 > 0:48:13British girls that came here to have a wicked holiday
0:48:13 > 0:48:17and they've ended up lying in a...in a fridge
0:48:17 > 0:48:22and I think that's a really... sobering thought, isn't it?
0:48:22 > 0:48:26When you see the kind of conditions
0:48:26 > 0:48:29that these locals volunteers are working in,
0:48:29 > 0:48:31you know, they are dealing with dead bodies.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33It's not an easy thing to work with.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37They've not got the facilities and they've not got the time
0:48:37 > 0:48:39and they've not got the people or the money...
0:48:39 > 0:48:44to look after everyone as best they can. They're just too stretched.
0:48:44 > 0:48:48You know, this island's got 15,000 people living on it normally
0:48:48 > 0:48:52and then all of a sudden on one night, another 30,000 people,
0:48:52 > 0:48:54so double their population normally,
0:48:54 > 0:48:57are on the island as well.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59You know, it's very difficult.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Back in Phuket, Stacey's finally had a response to the calls she made
0:49:20 > 0:49:22to try and help the Sea Gypsies.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25The Prime Minister of Thailand's office have said he may have time
0:49:25 > 0:49:29to meet tomorrow with her and the head of the Sea Gypsies, Khun Sunnit.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31I just really hope that,
0:49:31 > 0:49:35the main thing is that good things come out of this
0:49:35 > 0:49:38for the Sea Gypsies and for Sunnit and his family.
0:49:38 > 0:49:43The problem is, Stacey's got one hour to find Sunnit
0:49:43 > 0:49:46and catch the last available flight to Bangkok.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Guys, have you seen Khun Sunnit?
0:49:58 > 0:50:00Have you seen Khun Sunnit?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05He's at sea?
0:50:05 > 0:50:07He's fishing?
0:50:11 > 0:50:12Yeah.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14He's gone out to sea.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16He's fishing?
0:50:19 > 0:50:20Right.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29A meeting with government could be the Sea Gypsies' best chance
0:50:29 > 0:50:32to stop a hotel being built on the land they are living on.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35It's so tight for time.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41We've got to be at the airport in an hour or else we're going to
0:50:41 > 0:50:44miss the flight we can't say to the Prime Minister we've not made it.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47He won't give us another one.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53Time is running out for Stacey and the Sea Gypsies.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57I've got twenty minutes until I need to leave for the airport,
0:50:57 > 0:50:59we'll miss him, we won't make it.
0:51:07 > 0:51:12But with ten minutes to spare, Sunnit arrives.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16Sunnit! I've never been happier to see you.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19We'll go to Bangkok and give your case
0:51:19 > 0:51:21to the Prime Minister and try and get something done.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28- OK, come on let's go. Go and get your stuff.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Bangkok.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Stacey and Sunnit are on their way to the Prime Minister's office.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43SPEAKS THAI:
0:52:12 > 0:52:13But there's a problem.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15He's shaking his head.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25The guy's at security have just told us
0:52:25 > 0:52:29to turn the camera off, and he's got the hump so...
0:52:29 > 0:52:34It turns out, the Prime Minister has been called away.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39We can't leave. I can't leave for England
0:52:39 > 0:52:43until we've got some kind of answer.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Jib, what's going on?
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Number two of the Prime Minister party...
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Number two to Prime Minister?
0:52:50 > 0:52:55The Prime Minister may be unavailable but Stacey's got the next best thing.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59Is it like the deputy? Not the Prime Minister but the guy beneath him?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02- Yeah.- He's going to speak to us?
0:53:02 > 0:53:03Yeah. If you like, to speak to us.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11We're in. Fingers crossed, Sunnit.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22I think I'm going in.
0:53:22 > 0:53:27She's meeting a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, Vittayen Muttamara.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35I've spent some time in a community,
0:53:35 > 0:53:37a fishing community, called Rawaii Beach.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41They are actually in danger of losing the land they're living on
0:53:41 > 0:53:42because a business owner
0:53:42 > 0:53:46wants to put a hotel exactly where they are living.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49And I was just wondering if there is any way
0:53:49 > 0:53:52that you guys could stop this from happening?
0:53:52 > 0:53:55In Thailand we have problems similar to this,
0:53:55 > 0:53:58quite a number of cases, and right now the Government
0:53:58 > 0:54:00are trying to help the people,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03because there is a lot of people in Thailand having similar problem.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06We have to prove who was there first and have right over the land.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09If it turns out that the Sea Gypsies were there
0:54:09 > 0:54:12before the title deeds were issued, there's no way...
0:54:12 > 0:54:13They will have the right to stay.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17There's no way that a hotel will be built where they are living?
0:54:17 > 0:54:18It's not going to happen?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20- Mm-hmm. Yeah. OK?- OK.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23I hope so because I want to follow this case
0:54:23 > 0:54:25when I leave back to England.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29I'm going to keep ringing and I will probably return.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33Can you promise me that you will really try and protect these people
0:54:33 > 0:54:35because they are very vulnerable?
0:54:35 > 0:54:38We are protecting them.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42He said that if they can absolutely prove
0:54:42 > 0:54:45that they were there first there is no way on Earth
0:54:45 > 0:54:48that these guys will be moving anywhere.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51And they can, so I feel good, I think.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55SPEAKS THAI:
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Thank you so much.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10It's time for Sunnit and the lawyer to return to Rawaii Beach.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Have a safe flight.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Stacey's time in Thailand has come to an end.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41Thailand's amazing and you can understand why people flock here.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44I get it. It's a wicked country, the people are lovely,
0:55:44 > 0:55:45the service is great.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49And there's no doubt that, financially,
0:55:49 > 0:55:52tourism is a really good thing for Thailand.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56But I've also definitely learnt that there's also a darker side
0:55:56 > 0:55:59to tourism that we don't always necessarily see
0:55:59 > 0:56:01straight away as a tourist.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05If you're the Government of Thailand you have to make sure
0:56:05 > 0:56:10that your people, the Thai people, are treated just as important as us.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12That's not a massive thing to ask.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15Treat the tourists lovely, of course, so we come back,
0:56:15 > 0:56:19but treat the Thai people just as lovely,
0:56:19 > 0:56:21because it's their country.
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