Thailand’s worst floods in 50 years have hit tourism at the start of the high season, but the country has recovered quickly in the recent past from all sorts of scourges and some tour operators are hopeful a recovery might start next month. Lood water in some areas of the capital, Bangkok, and other provinces has started to recede, and the inner city.Travel tourists from other countries are still coming and many of them go to Pattaya and Phuket," she said, referring to two seaside destinations south of Bangkok that are flood-free.
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flooding started in late July in the north and the water has killed 594 people as it moved slowly south, inundating farmland and overwhelming huge industrial estates in the centre in October before swamping outlying districts of Bangkok.Tourism accounts for 6 percent of GDP and employs at least 15 percent of the workforce in Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.
The number of foreign tourists, from China, Japan and Russia in particular, has slumped since Don Muang airport was under water. Some people don’t know Bangkok has two airports," she said, adding the sector could lose 50 billion baht from the non-arrivals.
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The
flooding started in late July in the north and the water has killed 594 people as it moved slowly south, inundating farmland and overwhelming huge industrial estates in the centre in October before swamping outlying districts of Bangkok.Tourism accounts for 6 percent of GDP and employs at least 15 percent of the workforce in Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.The number of foreign tourists, from China, Japan and Russia in particular, has slumped since Don Muang airport was under water. Some people don’t know Bangkok has two airports," she said, adding the sector could lose 50 billion baht from the non-arrivals.
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