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TAT expects the tourism situation to improve from last year. Tourist arrivals dropped sharply after the airport closure last December, political instability in the country and a general slowdown of the global economy. According to TAT Governor Pornsiri Manoharn, the situation scared tourists away. TAT had set the 2008 target at 15.48 million, but only 14.3 million tourists arrived on Thai shores, lower than in 2007 when 14.46 million visited the country.

TAT expects the tourism situation to improve from last year. Tourist arrivals dropped sharply after the airport closure last December, political instability in the country and a general slowdown of the global economy. According to TAT Governor Pornsiri Manoharn, the situation scared tourists away. TAT had set the 2008 target at 15.48 million, but only 14.3 million tourists arrived on Thai shores, lower than in 2007 when 14.46 million visited the country.

TAT expects the tourism situation to improve from last year. Tourist arrivals dropped sharply after the airport closure last December, political instability in the country and a general slowdown of the global economy. According to TAT Governor Pornsiri Manoharn, the situation scared tourists away. TAT had set the 2008 target at 15.48 million, but only 14.3 million tourists arrived on Thai shores, lower than in 2007 when 14.46 million visited the country.

TAT expects the tourism situation to improve from last year. Tourist arrivals dropped sharply after the airport closure last December, political instability in the country and a general slowdown of the global economy. According to TAT Governor Pornsiri Manoharn, the situation scared tourists away. TAT had set the 2008 target at 15.48 million, but only 14.3 million tourists arrived on Thai shores, lower than in 2007 when 14.46 million visited the country.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Wednesday transferred directors of Wattana and Pathumwan district offices following the Santka Pub fire. BMA City Clerk Pongsak Semsan said Wattana district office director Worapot Inthulak and Pathumwan district office director Surakiat Limcharoen were transferred to inactive posts at the BMA head office pending and investigation whether they should be partly held responsible the authorization of the opening of santika Pub in 2003.