Originally Posted by
Srisarin
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On a personal note, I am Thai but repeatedly taken by the staff as part of a Chinese tour group and told I cannot eat in the main restaurant as a fully paying guest but must eat in the designated Chinese tour group room. Frankly, this is discrimination, pure and simple and the staff needs to be much better trained.
Most Asians in Europe are tourists, so lots of assumption are made about them simply based on appearance. Asian-American students who attend exchange programs in Europe are often stunned by the treatment they receive there. I'd put it down to a lack of familiarity (and training, as you say), rather than malice.