The Hong Kong Travel Industry Council today urged the government to raise the "black" travel alert – the highest security warning – for Thailand in the wake of a deadly bomb blast in Bangkok that claimed at least 21 lives.
A "red" travel alert for the kingdom’s capital was issued by the Security Bureau at 11am while an "amber" alert issued on July 3 last year – two months after the Thai military seized power in a coup – remains in force for the rest of the country.