The growing presence of Israeli tourists in Thailand is causing tensions. According to a NIDA Poll survey, 77.49% of people who have heard of problematic behaviors attributed to Israelis, or have directly encountered them, want the authorities to enforce the law more strictly toward them.<\/p>\n
The survey, conducted from September 8 to 10 among 1,410 adults in Bangkok and five other provinces, shows that 76.38% of respondents had heard, through the media or on social networks, about alleged incidents or offenses involving Israelis. Just over 5% said they had personally witnessed such events.<\/p>\n
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Among the 1,164 people aware of these accusations, 71.22% mention a lack of respect for Thai legislation. Nearly half also mention behaviors considered rude toward the local population or a lack of consideration for the country\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n
Other concerns involve the alleged use of Thai citizens as fronts to enable foreigners to control land or businesses, particularly on Koh Phangan and Phuket.<\/p>\n
In addition to a stricter enforcement of the law, 45.45% of those concerned wish to reduce the authorized length of stay for Israelis. Nearly 38.5% also want the Israeli embassy to play a more active role in addressing the behavior of its citizens.<\/p>\n
The publication of the poll comes just a few days after a demonstration that brought together several hundred people in front of the Israeli embassy in Bangkok. The participants notably called for stronger controls targeting foreigners suspected of violating Thai laws.<\/p>\n
In response to the controversy, Israeli Deputy Ambassador Rami Teplitsky assured that the diplomatic mission was taking these concerns seriously and cooperating with local authorities. The embassy also issued a code of conduct urging Israeli tourists to respect the laws and traditions of the country.<\/p>\n
Tensions have arisen as Thailand welcomes a growing number of Israeli visitors. More than 277,000 of them visited the country during the first eight months of 2026, an increase of about 7% from a year earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The growing presence of Israeli tourists in Thailand is causing tensions. According to a NIDA Poll survey, 77.49%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-615590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}