So how bad can it get? Tourism could drop 10 percent in the short term, said Adithep Vanabriksha, Bangkok-based chief investment officer at Aberdeen Asset Management Co. Thailand may also lose its ranking as the third most-visited destination for Chinese after the bombings, according to Margaret Huang, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. Chinese tourists made up 28 percent of all visitors to Thailand in the second quarter, and about 40 percent of them prefer to stay in 4- or 5-star hotels, spending more than the average traveler.