[See report from Thailand]It is a new trend for Chinese tourists to wear Thai school uniforms to take pictures and check in. Recently, four tourists from Hangzhou bought and took photos wearing Thai school uniforms at the Banglamphu Market in Bangkok. After uploading to social media, they quickly became popular. The Thai authorities stated that they do not object to tourists wearing school uniforms to take pictures, but they also warned that tourists may violate the “Student Uniform Act” and be fined. In addition, if the school uniforms are embroidered with the real school name, they may also get into trouble for affecting the school’s reputation.
Wearing a school uniform to mislead students can be fined up to 1,000 baht
According to Thai media reports, the Thai movie “A Little Thing of First Love” was a smash hit in China, and it set off a craze for wearing Thai school uniforms at that time. Recently, Chinese actress Ju Jingyi posted a selfie on social media wearing a Thai school uniform shopping at centralwOrld Central Shopping Center in Bangkok, which went viral, triggering a new trend of Chinese tourists checking in.
However, most tourists and Thai people may not realize that this behavior has the risk of violating the law. Amporn Pinasa, secretary-general of the Thailand Basic Education Committee Office, said yesterday (8th) that if tourists wear clothes embroidered with the initials of the real school in Thailand and behave indiscriminately, the school has the right to initiate legal proceedings.
Thai lawyer Rachapon Sirisakorn also mentioned on Facebook on the 8th that according to Thailand’s 2008 “Student Uniform Act” (Student Uniform Act), non-students who wear school uniforms and mislead others into believing that they are students may face the highest risk of death. A fine of 1000 baht. However, it is not illegal if the school uniform is only embroidered with the name of the tourists without the name of the school.
Social media set off a boom in school uniforms, electric embroidery customers increased
The owner of a school uniform store in Bang Lamphu said that she usually sells 1 to 2 sets of school uniforms to Chinese tourists every day, but recently she sold 7 sets of school uniforms in a single day. Many shops in the area think that this is just a short-lived craze. Most people come to buy uniforms just to take pictures and upload them, and they all buy the same school uniform that is popular on social media.
Four tourists from Hangzhou, China embroidered some cute words on the school uniforms they bought, such as suai jing (very beautiful), na rak (cute), suai teesud (most beautiful).
The owner of an electric embroidery shop said that in the past three months, she has embroidered student uniforms for as many as 50 Chinese tourists every day, charging 50 baht per piece. She mentioned that some customers would ask about the meaning of Thai before the electric embroidery, and some would like to embroider other words before and after their names.
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Original source “Seeing Thailand”: Chinese tourists wear Thai school uniforms and pretend to be students to take pictures and check in, but this may violate the law
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