Dantruong Travel & Tourism

BANGKOK – MI: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva,  states, state revenues fell by U.S. $ 2.9 billion or almost Rp32 trillion. Significant drop in their tourism sector revenue is none other than due to riots against the government that this happened in early April.

Declining revenues in the tourism sector worth about 102 billion baht are also predicted would be followed also by the decline in the number of tourists who come to the land of the white elephant in 2009. Predictable differences in the number of tourists who visited Thailand this year as last year would be at odds as much as 3.2 million people. Thailand recorded a year ago when there were 14.1 million foreign tourists visit.

Based on the statement of a cabinet member, riots caused large-scale demonstrations are also cause losses of more than 220 million baht in the form of destruction of public facilities and the loss of state revenues that have been budgeted. So also with the acceptance of the benefits of different services sectors of state-owned enterprises such as electricity and telecommunications sector mass destroyed its infrastructure.

The demonstrators who is a supporter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra even to cover Asia Summit that was held in Thailand on April 11 last.

Demonstrations that left two dead and 123 injured victims are eventually followed by entry into an emergency situation by the government of Thailand for nearly two weeks.