Thread: 50 countries issue travel advisories about visiting Thailand

Fifty countries have issued travel advisories to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to political conflict and especially after the Constitutional Court passed its judgement on caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The Thai Foreign Ministry said that out of 68 countries surveyed, 50 of them had issued travel advisories about visiting Thailand.

The 50 countries are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Span, Greeze, Portugal, Belgium, Luxemberg, the Netherlands, Denmark Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Slovak, Russia, Khazakstan, Poland, Czech, Turkey, Israel, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Suadi Arabia, Iran, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, Indoensia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Laos.

In addition, the United States, Canada, UK, France and Italy also issued travel advisories of the risk of earthquake for visiting Thailand.

50 countries issue travel advisories about visiting Thailand | Thai PBS English News

Risk of earthquake? Eh?

Not looking to get better any time soon. Travel warnings must also scare away a few investors no doubt.

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Travel advisories will have a serious effect on tourism since it is difficult to get travel insurance.

Originally Posted by misskit

Fifty countries have issued travel advisories to their nationals about visiting Thailand due to political conflict and especially after the Constitutional Court passed its judgement on caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The Thai Foreign Ministry said that out of 68 countries surveyed, 50 of them had issued travel advisories about visiting Thailand.

The 50 countries are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Span, Greeze, Portugal, Belgium, Luxemberg, the Netherlands, Denmark Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Slovak, Russia, Khazakstan, Poland, Czech, Turkey, Israel, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Suadi Arabia, Iran, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, Indoensia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Laos...

50 countries issue travel advisories about visiting Thailand | Thai PBS English News

The list doesn't include Thailand.

Why would it?

I see the UAE is on there so I guess Thaksin won't be heading here any time soon.

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

I see the UAE is on there so I guess Thaksin won't be heading here any time soon.

555, but Span and Greeze are on the list too.

This will be very bad for Thai tourism because just about everyone who lives in UAE and the rest of the Gulf go to Thailand for holidays. But then, the protesters on both sides have never been concerned about tourism.

The price of flights hasn't gone down though. Buggers.

The Australian keynote speaker for a Bangkok conference on Monday I was going to has just cancelled. Result- cancelled conference. My faculty has a three day international conference scheduled for JUly and I guess that is looking pretty shaky too. Really if you remember the airport in 2008 and then saw those photos of the blocked tollroad to Don Meauang and people having to cart their suitcases miles in 40 plus heat, why would you bother coming here?

Originally Posted by Merrimack

Travel warnings must also scare away a few investors no doubt.

Political crisis further dents prospects for Thai economy

Analysts have expressed little surprise at Ms Yingluck’s demise, with Deutsche Bank issuing a note describing the court verdict as an “anticlimax” that left the ruling Puea Thai party in control of government and the overall medium term country risk “essentially unchanged”.
“The next key step for further market upside, in our view, is a reasonably speedy timetable to new elections in which the opposition . . . Democrats participate,” Deutsche said.

Political crisis further dents prospects for Thai economy - FT.com

Giving in to Suthep's anti-democracy will be the straw that broke the camel's back.

The problem is there appears to be little that anyone can do legally to prevent such a catastrophe...

Originally Posted by Breny

The price of flights hasn't gone down though. Buggers.

Of course not. Being Thailand the thinking would be to increase the price because less seats are being filled.

Originally Posted by Merrimack

Not looking to get better any time soon.

Simply solved - avoid the big bad city.

Nothing short of bollocks.