500000 booked tours to Japan for songkran holiday
According to ATTA, 450000 Thais visited Japan in 2013, and rose to 600000in 2014. For the long holiday periods from March to May, ATTA said 500000 This have booked tours to Japan.
Japan's ban of chartered flights from Thailand has now sparked fear that is might also affect Thai passengers in Inchon airport in South Korea. Latest report said some 500 Thai tourists were stranded at Inchon airport travelling on Asia Atlantic Airline, and Jet Asia Airway on Saturday night.
However tour companies have rearranged them to Korea Airline and Jetasia to fly them out already. They arrived in Bangkok Sunday afternoon.
Commenting on the incident, Mr Voradej Harnprasert, deputy permanent secretary for transport said South Korea has not officially notified that it will ban chartered flights from Thailand same as Japan.
looking further ahead, they fear that the US,the EU and China could purse punitive action against Thailand.