Ao is a 21-year-old migrant worker from Burma living in Phuket, Thailand. He bought 30 mobile phone top-up cards which are split into two categories: reasons why there are many Burmese workers in Phuket, and how Burmese workers get money back to their families in Burma. The document implies that Ao bought the cards to send money back to his family still living in Burma, as migrant workers in Thailand often send earnings to support relatives in their home country.

1. MYSTERY
What is the hidden message?

2. Thailand Tourist Mystery
By the end of the lesson:
1.We will have learnt about migrant
workers in Thailand
2.We should have thought about why
people migrate from Burma to Thailand
3.We could have solved the Thailand
Tourist Mystery
PLTS – Team Worker

3. This is Ao...
He is 21.
He comes from
Burma but he
lives in Thailand.
His family still
lives in Burma.
He is a migrant
worker in the
Thai resort of
Phuket.

4. "Why has
Ao bought
30 mobile
phone
top-up
cards?"

6. You should split the cards into these 2
categories...
Reasons why there are many
Burmese workers in
Phuket
How Burmese workers get
money back to their
families in Burma

7. Now try to answer this question using
as much evidence from the cards and
discussion as possible:
"Why has Ao
bought 30 mobile
phone top-up
cards?"