“Tourist Police i lert u” is a new cell app launched yesterday to allow tourists fast access to emergency response and general help. The app was launched by the Tourist Police as a means to enhance security by providing quick access to help when wanted. The app comes simultaneously the Ministry of Tourism launched a tourism portal to assist new arrivals in Thailand and the Tourist Police Chief explained how the model new app will profit tourists in their times of want.
“The utility was developed beneath cooperation with Ministry of Tourism and Sports with an purpose to create a platform that helps improve ease of travelling for visitors to the nation. The ‘Tourist Police i lert u’ application makes use of the global positioning system or GPS to locate tourists who require help from authorities whereas travelling in Thailand. driedfruitthailand allows police’s sooner response to [an] emergency state of affairs and helps alleviate tourists’ issues over the security of their lives and property while travelling in Thailand.”
The app will run at the side of the 1155 call centre the Tourist Police at present operate and hopes to raise awareness so tourists will know who to contact and the way before they find yourself in a desperate situation. The name centres is available in English, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese was not specified), Russian, Japanese, and Korean currently, with plans in place to add Arabic, German, and French sometime next year.
The cellular app will connect to the 1155 centre when emergency response is required and police and first responders can call back the cellphone quantity entered when the consumer downloaded and put in the app. They can dispatch cops or the appropriate department to assist a vacationer in need to their location using the GPP within the app. The “Tourist Police i lert u” cell app additionally permits users to take a photo of any incident through the system to report problems and request assist..