Lost in Thailand: New Chinese road signs
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A guide leads Chinese tourists at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in Bangkok.
The government will make road signs in Chinese to reduce accidents.
The Tourism Department and the Transport Ministry will install direction signs in Chinese next year in a bid to ease the number of car accidents caused by tourists travelling from China into Thailand, especially around Chiang Mai.
Chiang Mai is one of the most popular destinations among Chinese travellers, with many coming by car via Route R3A through the Chiang Khong checkpoint.
Tourism in Chiang Mai is booming, but so are road accidents involving Chinese drivers, which is chalked up to their poor understanding of Thai traffic law and directions.
The agencies hope Chinese direction signs and billboards will reduce the number of accidents. Installation is scheduled for next year.
Wanasiri Morakul, deputy director-general of the the Tourism Department, said the agency planned to install QR codes at tourism venues such as Unesco World Heritage Sites and some border stations to provide tourist information and directions.
More than 150 QR code signs are expected to start installation later this year. Ms Wanasiri said the signs would inform Chinese tourists at border stations about "dos and don'ts" in Thailand as well as traffic law.
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