today,
in english newspaper "The Nation" the following is quoted from article under the headline "Brits are in danger here":

Thailand is one of the most hazardous destinations for british holiday-makers, according to a leading insurance provideres analysis of claims made by its globbetrotting clients. The Kingdom (Thailand) was the place where tourists were most likely to suffer from 1) food poisening, 2) theft, 3) traffic accidents, and 4) loss of belongings, Norwich Union says."

Without being particually prejudice, this is really why The Brit tourist face so many hazards.

Food Poisening: The reluctance to eat local thaifood, make the Brit crowd european style resaturants, where they are served imported fish and chips and jelly made from generally lousy produce, and more of the likings. And this to a price that only The Brit (tourists) are able to pay. Underpayed thaiworkers in the kitchen run by non-educated british (s) ex-pats, shove them around cooking up food they have no heart for and knowledge of. Thus, the foodpoisening often occurs.
The survey should have warned the tourist to avoid european style restaurant and eat local, which they more than often, dont.

Outside on the street the streetvendors sell perfectly fine local food to one third of the price.

Done with the meal The Brit leaves the restaurant in his ENGELAND soccer outfit, fat and pale, to jump his rented scooter and drive piss drunk home. Even though thais also drive in the left side of the road, this seem to be a trouble to cope with for anyone who drives drunk. Thus the traffic accidents is often another selfinflicted hazard.
Then returning to the hotel drunk and bruced the maid havent done the hotel room properly, and that pisses The Brit off, and someones gotta take the blame for something, and he calls up the insurance company and claims his digitalcamera to be stolen...

The survey really makes aout that Thailand in it self constitutes a hazardous destination, but do not mention the fact that is is in most cases selfinflicted hazards due to lack of respect and thoughtfullness that puts most brits and tourists in general in danger.

Enough said from a falang who got thrashed by an elephant.