Dear Industry Friends,

As you may have heard, Thailand is now under the administration of the National

Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) since 22 May, 2014.

With regard to Thailand’s tourism industry, I would like to assure you that the current

political situation in the kingdom has not affected the nation’s tourism overall.

As such, life goes on as per normal in Bangkok and throughout Thailand with

a nationwide curfew (from 24.00 – 04.00 hours) currently being the only implication on

people’s everyday lives. The NPCO has announced that the curfew would not be in

place for too long. All tourism-related businesses and services throughout Thailand

continue to operate normally, but operating hours have been adjusted to comply with the

curfew.

All airports in Bangkok and throughout Thailand, as well as other modes of transport

both inter-city and inter-provincial, including by mass transit system, road, rail and

waterway, are operating as normal. All airports are open and welcoming all scheduled

and chartered flights as normal, but other modes of transport have adjust operating

hours to comply with the curfew.

Air passengers with arrival and departure flights scheduled during the curfew

are allowed to travel to and from the airports at any time as usual, and airport’s

authorised taxis are available 24 hours.

We are closely monitoring the situation, and would like to inform tourists and the tourism

industry that we and all concerned public and private agencies in Thailand will exercise

utmost efforts to ensure visitor’s convenience during the event’s period as well as at any

other times.

On behalf of the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thai tourism industry,

I look forward to welcoming you and your clients to Thailand soon.

THAWATCHAI ARUNYIK

Governor