BMA English-language
ads - February 2, 2005
Terry writes: The BMA Tourist Authority has run a
series of full-page advertisements in the Bangkok Post over
the last month or so. The adds highlight various tourist spots
around the city. They are all well-illustrated with obvious
attention to the graphic layout. The other thing that they
have in common is the absolutely appalling English.
The first few sentences of one article: "At Charoenkrung
Road between Soi 26 and 28 locates a place all the tourists
who are sure having been around every alley of Bangkok but
never realize that this unseen place still exists. This mention
place is "Rare Stone Museum." This is the fist place
in Thailand where exhibits rear stones by gathering stones
from diverse sources around the world."
The final paragraph reads: "For those who have some spare
times, spending time in the museum where displaying natural
and human products increases knowledge and pleases your life
as well as develops the life quality to urban people. Each
museum comes from taxes you paid, so all Thais and foreigners
who are here please be invited regarding your interest."
My guess is that they are spending millions of baht on this
campaign but nothing on proofreading.
BMA English-language ads
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