According to Thai media news, recently, a Malaysian tourist posted on social platforms that they were almost kidnapped by a Thai ride-hailing driver, and netizens forwarded and wondered whether the matter was a fact or made up by the above-mentioned tourists.
It is understood that the tourist blew himself up, saying that during their group of 5 Malaysian tourists (2 men and 3 women) traveling to Thailand, they planned to go to Don Mueang Airport from a hotel in Bangkok and called an online taxi on a taxi app. When they got into the car, they saw the driver talking to someone, one of whom understood Thai, and said that the driver told the person he spoke with them about their specific itinerary and the number of men and women, and said that he was both afraid and excited.
After the vehicle traveled some distance, the tourists opened the map and found that they were far from their destination, Don Mueang Airport, and were driving on another section. After noticing the abnormality, the tourist immediately told the driver to go to the bathroom, but the driver refused on the grounds that he could not park on this section, and then the tourist asked the driver to stop at the nearest gas station on the grounds of going to the toilet. After the driver stopped, the above five tourists took advantage of their unpreparedness and quickly picked up their luggage and fled, and the driver even had time to collect the fare.
After the post attracted questions, the tourists said that sharing the above experience was to remind other tourists to be vigilant when traveling, and said that the description was all facts and did not maliciously slander or smear Thai tourism.
After the Thai media reprinted the report, most Thai netizens expressed their opinions on this, saying that there were doubts about the matter, and said that it may be that the tourists think too much, if the above-mentioned drivers try to kidnap them, they must take action after they get on the car, so that they can't move, and from the description of tourists, the driver does not look like people with bad intentions, it is likely that the language barrier causes tourists to misunderstand the content of the driver's call.