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December 01, 2008

If Each Night In Bangkok Is Like A Year In Any Other Place

Then how awful must a week stuck in the airport be?

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The vacation is over for tens of thousands of tourists in Thailand. But they can't go home.

The Hotel California-like drama began Tuesday when anti-government protesters shut the country's primary international airport. The following day they moved in on the capital's domestic airport, grounding all commercial flights in and out of the city.

About 100,000 people have been stranded by the closures, dealing a severe blow to the country's reputation as a safe and reliable vacation destination. Officials project the tourism industry's losses from now until the end of the year will balloon to about 150 billion baht ($4.2 billion), equal to 1.5 percent of gross domestic product.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at December 1, 2008 06:48 AM

Comments

And just an update to the glass is half-full dept.

Just more time for a "Bangkok Massage". What's not to like!

Posted by: yojimbo at December 1, 2008 10:43 AM