The Thai government will try to open the airports with the Police we now believe, maybe as early as today. 

It will be messy; many of the anti government PAD protesters have gone INSIDE...it is like a rabbit warren inside the two international airports at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang. 

Tanks were deployed last night in a 'training' exercise to nearby Suvarnabhumi. They were spotted on the expressway in convey, with yellow peace flags,  in the early evening. No pictures or news and NOT featured in any of the dailies today.

People are  now traveling to Phuket and Penang by train or overland to Cambodia and C'Mai to try and get flight connections home via KL, Singapore  and HK .  Bkk Airways are still flying out of Utopao and have flights via Samui /Phuket to Singapore and HK.

It is all a huge mess for the embattled tourism industry. There are many, many cancellations. The losses are astronomical. Chaophya Park Hotel in Bangkok the occupancy is now down to 20% for next week when normally we would be in the 90% range during November, our busiest revenue month. I have received 600 rooms nights cancel in the last two days alone.

Weddings and Banquets functions are still going on. (Thank goodness!) The local market is resilient but the international market is being wiped out. Each day the airports are closed some estimate it is costing THAI Intl the National Airline Baht 500 million in future lost revenues and the intangible loss to the country is immeasurable.

Almost 80% of Thailand's 14+ million annual tourists normally transit through Suvarnabhumi airport.  They have to get the airport open and quickly.  Travel and tourism sector job losses look more inevitable next year, the longer this siege continues.