Tourism In Thailand Is Going Through Its Worst Slump In Decades
Date: 29-Dec-08
Country: THAILAND
Author: Arthur Jones Dionio
Photo: Reuters Thailand
A boy wearing a Santa hat runs on a beach past taxi boats in Turatao Marine National Park off the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand's Satun province on December 22, 2008.
From empty sun-loungers in luxury hotels to vacant bar stools in dingy fleshpots, tourism in Thailand is going through its worst slump in decades, a result of the global economic slowdown and its own political turmoil