Who are the 'begpackers' attracting attention across Asia and how do authorities resp

[David48atTD]

Busker in Penang...Some see busking as a more legitimate way of making money than begging per se.


From Bangkok to Bali, Seoul to Suva, some low-budget travellers have earned themselves a bad reputation.

Key points:

• Hospitality and low cost of living attracts many travellers to South-East Asia
• So-called begpackers have been increasingly targeted by South-East Asian officials
• Many South-East Asians online say the practice is unfair and tone-deaf

In recent years, social media users across the Asia-Pacific, particularly in South-East Asia, have condemned so-called "begpackers" — mostly Caucasian foreigners who seek the charity of passers-by, usually to fund their travels.

"We hate them," Munira Mustaffa, a Malaysian counterterrorism analyst who has studied in the UK and US, told the ABC.
South-East Asia is not a "personal playground" for Westerners to "come seek 'spirituality' and treat us as props for your self-discovery," she said.

Drawing vitriolic responses online from many locals like Ms Mustaffa, will governments start to take a harder line on free-loading travellers?



Begpackers: Who are they?

Those heaped under the begpacker umbrella are a fairly diverse bunch.
There are those literally begging with a sign that says "help me fund my dream trip", to those selling sketches or postcards.


More here https://tinyurl.com/y5rxct7l

[MarilynMonroe]

Travelling is a luxury, if they can't fund their own trips, then they shouldn't be begpacking for it imo.

[HuangLao]

Scum....

[David48atTD]

^ Scum? ... humm.. Souls who have lost more then their way.. Mind you, I'm yet to see them in Thailand.

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Travelling is a luxury, if they can't fund their own trips, then they shouldn't be begpacking for it imo.

Hi MarilynMonroe ... we need more Lassies on here.

Buxom or not ... welcome

[fishlocker]

This was done a few year back. I wonder where these folks are now.

[fishlocker]

2112? On the road to Bangkok aboard the Thailand express, We'll hit the stops along the way. We only stop for the best.

[fishlocker]

Reathed in smoke in Lebanon, we burn the midnight oil.
The fragrance of Afghanistan rewards a long days toil.

[bowie]

I'm yet to see them in Thailand

Restricted occupation - Thai's only

[naptownmike]

Pat's going to do a photo thread on them in BKK.

Oh hang on.





Those were the good old days.

[MarilynMonroe]

Hi MarilynMonroe ... we need more Lassies on here.

Buxom or not ... welcome

Thank you, darling. Got a smoke?

[harrybarracuda]

Fucking scroungers, probably soap dodgers on benefits back home.

[Cujo]

I'm sure that I've seen threads on TD about these guys in Thailand.

[cyrille]

I'm yet to see them in Thailand.

Have you also missed the half dozen threads previously started on the topic?

[David48atTD]

Have you also missed the half dozen threads previously started on the topic?

Thanks for your valuable input, I look forward to your avalanche of threads on TD

[kmart]

I think if you're going to be a beggar, you should show a bit of pride and willingness to say, play a musical instrument well, amputate a major limb, or maybe torture a small animal into doing tricks..
Anything other than sit there like a total (albeit bodily-intact) fucking loser with a badly-scrawled signpost next to you, like these scruffy cnuts:

[Norton]

amputate a major limb

[kmart]

^That's what I'm talking about. Proper Begging.

[baldrick]

I have been trying to talk luigi into letting me lead him around as my retarded little brother

he doesn't baulk at wearing the tutu and tiara , but is adamant that he will not wield the wand with the pink star and bless all the nice people

he says they are all cnuts

[Norton]

I have been trying to talk luigi into letting me lead him around as my retarded little brother

Try offering him all the Prego sauce he can eat. You will have him waving the wand and kissing the cnuts an the cheek.

[Agent_Smith]

If you wanna a cheap BJ maybe ask a begpacker first?