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I'm sure there have been many discussions about this subject in the past but I haven't found any.

Its the price systems that exists in nearly every tourist site in Thailand.

I had never really noticed it before because in the past I was travelling alone or on one occasion with some Irish friends.

But on a recent visit to Krabi I went to visit the Krabi hotsprings with some Thai friends and kids. I offered to pay the entrance fee.

For Thai people it was 20 baht, for me 50 baht.

Then onto a nearby waterfall.
Thai people 25 baht, me 70 baht.

Then to Sra Morakot the "Emerald Pool",
Thai price 20 baht, Farang price 200 baht.

Although it isn't a huge amount of money, I still feel paying twice, three times and even 100 times more than the locals is ridiculous.
Although I'm sure they knew of this, my friends seemed embarrassed.

There are two ways to look at this and take Sra Morakot as the example. Either 200 baht is the fair entrance fee and a discount of 180 baht applies to Thais only, or 20 baht is the fee and "farangs" are being charged more because we are all obviously filthy rich. (I wish)

I'm sure this happens throughout Thailand and I can only Imagine if tourist sites around Scotland had a similar price system that there would be an outcry and accusations of racism.

Am I alone in thinking this?