Thailand’s ‘Dine and Dash’ Problem: When tourists walk out without payingLegacySmall restaurants across Thailand’s tourist hotspots are facing a rising pattern of foreign visitors who eat full meals and then refuse to pay and the legal system offers them almost no protection. It was 120 baht. About three dollars. That was how much a Russian couple short-changed a small restaurant in Mai Khao, Phuket, on 26 April 2024. When the owner confronted…
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