The First Rule of Visiting Thailand: Do Not Sit on the Buddha’s Head
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.14.04 | 11:27 PM ET
Thai government officials have had enough of culturally insensitive travelers to their country. To combat the problem, they plan to publish a book on Thai etiquette. A poster for a film called “Hollywood Buddha,” which featured a man sitting on a Buddha statue’s head, triggered the course of action, according to the BBC. “Some officials called for ‘malicious’ foreigners to be banned from Thailand,” the BBC reports. “But a government minister denied reports that it was preparing a blacklist to ban foreigners who had offended Thai culture.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.
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