The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has failed in its appeal against the British Foreign Office’s travel advice for tourists visiting the country, branding it ‘unnecessary’.
The FCO this week extended its warning from Bangkok to the whole of Thailand, where at least 27 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 hurt in anti-government clashes.
Along with Britain, the U.S., Australia and Japan are among a number of countries who have warned holidaymakers to reconsider their travel plans.
In the last week, protests and violent incidents have taken place in other parts of Thailand including popular tourist destinations such as Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Ayuthaya and other locations.
The TAT said: ‘We accept the advice against travelling to Bangkok. Although the protests are not aimed at tourists, there is major disruption but we do believe it is excessive to advise against travel to the rest of the country.’
Thousands of Britons are already on holiday in Thailand and have been warned to stay indoors, follow the news and check FCO advice if violence breaks out where they are.
It has already been revealed that anyone travelling to Thailand in spite of the FCO advice will not be covered by insurance but anyone already in the country when the ban was put in place will be covered.
The ‘Red Shirts’, who began their protests on March 12 in Bangkok, in a campaign to force immediate elections, have defied the authorities at every turn, entering the parliament building, laying siege to a telecommunications complex, blocking roads and staging mass vehicle rallies in the Thai capital.
The effect, according to Thai Government figures are that Bangkok hotel occupancy rates have crumbled to around 20 per cent, while arrivals at the main Suvarnabhumi Airport have fallen by a third this month.
The ‘Land of Smiles’, despite assurances from friends still living in Phuket that nothing there has changed, will, I fear, lose out in the long term to nearby neighbours, including Malaysia and Vietnam as a result of this latest round of political unrest scares visitors away.
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