Floods drain tourist arrivals
Latest reports from Bangkok indicate that floodwater from the northern outskirts of the capital continues to flow deeper towards the heart of Bangkok while its western side has been widely inundated and will need over a month to drain.
The prolonged flooding, coupled with foreign governments' advisories against travel to Thailand, has begun to take its toll on passenger traffic through Suvarnabhumi airport, the Bangkok Post reports.
TravelMole understands that the Tourism Authority of Thailand in cooperation with Thai Hotels Association is working on contingency plans to transport international tourists to the airport by bus and truck if, in a worst-case scenario, their Bangkok hotels are flooded.
Passenger numbers at Bangkok's main airport started to decline during the last week of October, falling by 7% year-on-year.
Cathay Pacific has reportedly halved its Bangkok-Hong Kong service to two flights a day, while Orient Thai Airlines has suspended its daily flight on the same route covered by a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
The move comes following a red alert warning by the Hong Kong government which rules out tour groups from visiting Bangkok.
"We are witnessing a virtual standstill of traffic from North and East Asia – China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong," Udom Tantiprasongchai, the founder of Orient Thai Airlines, which concentrates on that region, told the Bangkok Post.
by Ian Jarrett
Ian Jarrett
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