Pattaya, โThailand – โค An Italian tourist, Marco De Vivo, was found disoriented in Pattaya this week after becoming separated from his belongings and losing track of his hotel forโ two days. De Vivo arrivedโฃ at the Pattaya Policeโค Station with only a hotel room โkey as โฃidentification, triggering a search effort aided by social media and Thailand’s tourist tracking โขsystems.
De โฃVivo told police he had been enjoying a night at a local bar on October 15th, 2025, and became heavily intoxicated. Heโ subsequently lost all his possessions, remembering only that โhe had aโฃ key toโค his hotel room โ- number two โ- but unable toโฃ recall the hotel’sโฃ name. The key itself bore no identifying hotel logo or markings.
Police, โassisted by an โinternational liaison officer, initially struggledโค to โlocate the hotel. They then turned to online platforms, sharing โa photograph โof the key in hopes of public assistance. โฃNetizens quickly responded, suggesting multiple potential accommodations and recommending a check of the Thai Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) and โTM30 databases, which record foreign visitor registrations.
According to Pattaya mail, Thai law requires hotels โฃand inns to report foreign โคguestsโ to immigration โwithin 24 hours of check-in, a measure โdesigned to aid in tracking tourists’ whereabouts. This โขultimately led to the โtriumphant โคidentificationโ of โDe โขVivo’s lodging.
Authorities have placed De Vivo under the care of international representatives and are preparingโ to return him to his hotel. The incidentโ serves as a reminderโ for tourists to carry โessential identification and contact information, and to exercise caution with alcohol โconsumption โwhile traveling.
