Outbound tour operators reported a spike in illegal job seekers who seek to use tour packages to South Korea as a guise before escaping from the group as soon as they arrive.
"The number of illegal job hunters already exceeded the number of actual tourists. Tour operators have been able to notice the pattern of fake travellers as they mostly come with a new passport without any travel record. We have to reject those suspected customers from joining group tours to avoid problems with the authorities in South Korea," said Charoen Wangananont, president of the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA).
