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NIDA poll finds most Thais want Thai law strictly enforced on Israeli visitors
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More than three quarters of Thais who have heard of alleged misconduct by Israeli visitors want the authorities to enforce the law strictly, a new poll suggests.
Key facts
- The survey by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) found that 76.38% of respondents had heard media reports of inappropriate or illegal behaviour by Israelis in Thailand
- The pollster put the margin of error at no more than 0.05 at a 97% confidence level.
- More than three quarters of Thais who have heard of alleged misconduct by Israeli visitors want the authorities to enforce the law strictly, a new poll suggests.
- Disregard for Thai law was the most common answer at 71.22%, followed by rude or contemptuous behaviour towards Thais at 46.39% and disrespect for Thai culture at 45.96%.
- Just under a third, 31.44%, cited the alleged use of Thai nominees to hold land, and 29.04% nominees holding businesses
- A small number took a different view: 2.41% said nothing bothered them, and 1.98% were unsure whether the reports were true.
Summary
The survey by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) found that 76.38% of respondents had heard media reports of inappropriate or illegal behaviour by Israelis in Thailand. Only 5.11% said they had experienced it themselves, and 17.45% had neither heard of nor experienced any.
Nida polled 1,410 eligible voters aged 18 and over by telephone between 8 and 10 September, drawing the sample from its master database using multi-stage probability sampling. Respondents came from Bangkok, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Surat Thani, Phuket and Mae Hong Son. The pollster put the margin of error at no more than 0.05 at a 97% confidence level.