😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thai media has reported that hotels in Phuket under the SHA+ scheme will not allow foreigners who are not legally married to their wives to stay together. Thai Visa

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Thai media has reported that hotels in Phuket under the SHA+ scheme will not allow foreigners who are not legally married to their wives to stay together.

 

You must have "jot thabian" or legally registered your marriage to be allowed in the same room. 

 

This could affect many people who have married in villages according to Buddhist traditions but whose marriages are not legally registered, notes Thaivisa. 

 

The media went further quoting Phoomkiat Raktaengam, the head of the Phuket tourism business association who was speaking on behalf of the hotels. 

 

"If foreigners arrive with a girlfriend, lover, sex partner they will not be permitted to stay together. 

 

"The same goes for those in a "third gender" relationship unless they had travelled together from their country of origin".

 

He also mention what he called "sao ent" - this is a euphemism for a prostitute or "entertainment girl". Those would also be a no-no in the rooms. 

 

Phoomkiat said that foreigners will not be able to sleep with someone they met on the island even for a bit of fun during the day. 

 

Only those that came together to Phuket would be allowed to be together in a room, he said. 

 

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