Although Thailand’s tourism industry has shown signs of recovery after the political demonstrations, the country’s capital was struck by two consecutive explosions, on Monday and Tuesday this week, raising concerns for tourist’s safety. 

23 countries have already issued travel advisories, although with most advising caution rather than avoiding travel to Thailand.

Hotels in Krabi have reported cancellation, mainly from Chinese tourists, while hotels in Phuket reported booking cancellations representing about 5% of the total occupancy.

Hotel cancellations are expected to increase over the next few weeks. This may dampen the strong recovery that Thailand has being witnessing since the beginning of the year.

However, Ministry of Tourism and Sports remains confident, maintaining its target of 28.8 million tourist arrivals this year.

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