Meanwhile, New Year holidaymakers began to stream out of the capital on Sunday. Police were regulating traffic on a stretch of the Asian Highway (No.32) which connects Chai Nat and Nakhon Sawan and also leads to other northern provinces to ease congestion as a large number of vehicles were using the route throughout the day.
Vehicles have filled an entire section of Mitraphap Road in Nakhon Ratchasima which leads to other northeastern provinces since Sunday morning and are moving slowly on some stretches. The heavy traffic is expected to continue late into the night, according to local police.
All trains travelling to the southern province of Narathiwat and return to Bangkok have been fully booked until Jan 4.