This is the dramatic moment a taxi driver was seen fighting with a tourist in Bangkok.

The holidaymaker and the motorbike taxi rider scuffled in the middle of the road after the rider refused to pick him up from his chosen spot outside the Siam Paragon shopping mall.

Footage shows the vacationer sitting on the pillion seat arguing with the motorist, who was wearing a reflective vest, along the busy road on October 20.

The rider then pulled the tourist off the motorcycle while he was still seated, prompting the enraged man to shove the two-wheeler.

The driver attempted to strike back but slipped, quickly getting back on his feet before charging at the tourist and throwing punches as they moved towards the roadside.

The foreigner retaliated and wrestled the rider to the ground before security officers and bystanders intervened to break up the fight.