Luxury cruise line slams "rip-offs" by taxi drivers at Phuket Port

The cruise line also reported rip-offs and abusive behavior and said the attitude of the taxi drivers was ''totally unacceptable and extremely bad for tourism,' Phuket Wan reported.

The cruise company, which prefers to remain anonymous for now, is taking its complaint direct to Phuket's Governor, Wichai Praisa-ngob.

The concern of the cruise company first came to light in an email exchange with a well-regarded west coast restaurant.

''We would have liked to send you more people, but unfortunately the taxi situation in the Phuket Port is terrible,'' the email from the cruise line said.

"The local drivers who were in the port all work together with the same attitude and that is to totally rip-off tourists. These drivers were not pleasant to deal with at all, and for the next visit we are suggesting that the ship anchors off Patong Beach instead of docking in the Phuket Port," the email said.


[Source: Phuket Wan]