Thailand Tourism: Senior Thai police official pledges to take measures to make tourists feel safe
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A senior Thai police official has pledged to take solid measures to make tourists feel safe when come to the country. 

It follows the rescue of Chinese actor Wang Xing who went missing near the Thai-Myanmar border. 

It is believed he was lured to Thailand and subsequently trafficked to Myanmar. 

The incident has cast a shadow on the country's crucial tourism industry. 

DUSITA SAOKAEW CGTN Correspondent "This incident has, of course, raised concerns about the issue of safety. Now we are coming up to Chinese New Year. Chinese travellers make up the largest tourism market for Thailand. Are you concerned that this will affect tourism during this peak season, and how do you wish to assure travellers of their safety?"

THATCHAI PITANEELABOOT Senior Inspector General, Royal Thai Police "I think Thailand is to be the one of the safest place in the world. This case not happen in Bangkok, not happen in Thailand. It happened in another countries. I think the we have we don't have any problem with the human trafficking. The only thing that we have to confront is they like to use Thailand to be a transit country, going to another country. So, we have to work with the country that they are from the victim from that we have to share information.

And so I got to talk to the immigration. I got to talk to the local police. I got to talk to the military. You know, we have to get together and think about how to make sure that the Chinese people, when they come to Thailand, they they feel safe and you know they don't be scammed by any people you know from another country."

DUSITA SAOKAEW CGTN Correspondent Dusita "Of course, this incident has also brought to light the issue of cross-border human trafficking. As you say, it's a multifaceted, multi country problem. How does the Thai Government plan to tackle this and is this issue high on your agenda?"

THATCHAI PITANEELABOOT Senior Inspector General, Royal Thai Police "Yes, it is. Indeed, I think the government is so worried about this, this case. I think this is the first one that we have confronted this year and we have to think harder, you know how to do it, how to handle to combat with the transnational crime that happened all around the world and we think that I think that the government will do something but as a police officer as the chief of the Human Trafficking Centre for Thailand, I will put some measure to make sure that people come over here feel safe. So, that's the thing that I can promise."