54041000 English for Newspaper Reading Quiz B (20%) Name: Thailand: Deady Destination is book which is soon to be published and it attempts to explain a why a million fewer tourists are predicted to visit the beach-rich nation this year. following a military coup and the unsolved murder of two British backpackers in September. The book's publicity material claims that, in terms of tourist safety. Thailand scores very badly. "In 2014. just as in the years preceding it. there were train. bus, ferry, speedboat, motorbike and car accidents, murders, knifings, unexplained deaths, numerous suicides. diving accidents. robberies gone wrong, anonymous bodies washing up on the shores and a string of alcohol and drug related incidents. John Stapleton. the author claims that those who know the country well were less surprised by news of the murder of two Bntish tourists. He said: "The international coverage of the recent brutal killing of two British backpackers on the island of Koh Tao has highlighted what many long- time observers of Thailand already knew that its tourist industry is poorly managed and the Land of smiles has come to justifiably be regarded as one of the most dangerous tourist destinations on Earth.