Never Travel In China during holidays

During every major holiday in China, millions of Chinese tourists pack into trains to head to their home towns. A growing number of middle to upper class, Chinese are wisely choosing to avoid the crowds and head overseas.

China’s 2016 Golden week holiday starts today, sparking one of the world’s largest mass movements by plane, boat and train.

Regarding overseas lures, Singaporean merchants are beckoning Chinese shoppers with discounts and promotions. Over in South Korea, they are offering a month-long ‘Korea Grand Sale’.

A hawker in Seoul’s Myeongdong area told Reutuers that he’s been preparing since July: “We are expecting many Chinese tourists, so we assume sales will increase”.

Meanwhile, in Thailand, the forecast calls for 220,000 Chinese visitors during Golden week, 30 percent from last year. This, despite a doubling of visa fees.

Domestic Chinese travel nightmare

During the 2015 Golden Week holiday period, an estimated 750 million people (more than half of China’s population,) took trips, according to state media figures. On the first day of the holiday alone, there were 12.5 million train passengers.

It is reported that the China National Tourism Administration is attempting to stagger public holidays, in order to reduce the pressure on the country’s transport and tourism infrastructure in future. Unfortunately, it is only in the planning stage, with no changes expected for at least a decade.
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Passport forger stuffs dead Hungarian in freezer

Cops forced their way in to a commercial building on Soi Sukhumvit in Bangkok and arrested a gang of fake passport dealers.

Matichon Online reports that a gaggle of shady expats were busted. During the arrests, one of the crooks fired shots in a failed escape attempted, wounding one Thai officer.

Once that brouhaha settled, the cops then found a dead blond man in the freezer.

One week later, ThaiVisa reported that the suspected ringleader of the gang admitted to murder. “Peter” (real indentity still not confirmed) told investigators at Phrakhanong police station that he attacked the man over a debt.

He was joined in the attack by a man who later died (who he claims to have creamted at a local template).

As for the dude in the freezer, he is beleived to be a Hungarian national in his 40s.
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