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Old 04-16-2012, 09:42 PM   #1
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Default Tourists flock to Hat Yai
Tourists flocked to Hat Yai in Songkhla province over Songkran, defying predictions that the recent bomb explosion would put a huge damper on arrivals by foreign visitors.

The president of the Tourism Business Federation of Songkhla province announced plans on Sunday to hold a series of events to boost tourist confidence just two weeks after the industry received its worst tourism woes ever with the recent insurgency-related bombing.

Somchart Pimtanapoonporn said Hat Yai tourism at Songkran has been more successful than expected despite the bombing of the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in the heart of the city two weeks ago.

Many tourists from Malaysia and Singapore were undaunted by the incident and flowed into Hat Yai municipality in large numbers with hotels registering a 80-90 per cent occupancy rate.

Mr Somchart said he believed the post-Songkran period would see more tourists coming to visit the city.

To lure shoppers and holidaymakers to the commercial and shopping district of the South, the city’s businesses and tourism sectors will kick off a five-week sales campaign to boost tourism, he said. Furthermore, roadshows will be held in Malaysia and Singapore to attract would-be tourists and assure them of their well-being while in Thailand.

Three persons, including two Malaysian tourists, were killed in the hotel car bombing.
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