Italian embassy apologizes after young tourists' Bangkok rail row causes a stir
The Italian embassy in Thailand has condemned the "inappropriate behaviour" of a group of underage Italian tourists who engaged in an angry row with a Thai woman who had told them to quieten down while they were travelling in a train in Bangkok and it has apologized. A video of the row, in which one of the young Italians gives the woman the finger and another says "sorry for bringing money to your country", went viral and caused widespread outrage among Thais. The embassy said the teens' behaviour was not representative of Italian people.
- ▪The Italian embassy in Thailand has condemned the "inappropriate behaviour" of a group of underage Italian tourists who engaged in an angry row with a Thai woman who had told them to quieten down while they were travelling in a train in Ban
- ▪A video of the row, in which one of the young Italians gives the woman the finger and another says "sorry for bringing money to your country", went viral and caused widespread outrage among Thais.
- ▪The embassy said the teens' behaviour was not representative of Italian people.
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The Italian embassy in Thailand has condemned the "inappropriate behaviour" of a group of underage Italian tourists who engaged in an angry row with a Thai woman who had told them to quieten down while they were travelling in a train in Bangkok and it has apologized. A video of the row, in which one of the young Italians gives the woman the finger and another says "sorry for bringing money to your country", went viral and caused widespread outrage among Thais. The embassy said the teens' behaviour was not representative of Italian people. "Italians deeply understand and appreciate the values that Thai society places on respect for others, courtesy and harmonious coexistence, values that are equally cherished and upheld by the Italian Republic," it said.
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