the war in thailand! is it safe to travel there now?

Answer 1

was it ever?

Answer 2

No war!! I just got an email from my girlfriend there. Everyone is going about there business as usual. There was marshall law but, that was cancelled. It was in case any pro-Taksin followers got up the nerve to demonstrate. The only things that makes people nervous is the fact that military and National Police are now on the streets. I was there during the International Police convention I think it was last July or September and I felt more safe with the military everywhere, hotels, etc. than with the Tourist Police or Bangkok Police who are barely visible at times. It is probably more safe than before. The Thai knows that much of their economy comes from Tourism.

Answer 3

First of all lets get the facts correct here.There is NO WAR going on in Thailand at the moment.What we are witnessing here is a coup. And the coup so far is peaceful, popular and most of all bloodless. This is hardly surprising because in all the major cities across the nation, the majority of the populaces are hard core ANTI- TAKSIN. Those who support Thaksin are mostly rural folks residing in remote rural areas. Its hard to conceive of any credible retailation from them.
The fact the KING swiftly endorse Sondhi ,underlines the incredible popularity of the masses towards the military intervention.Furthermore the military has declare it has no intention to remain in power any second longer than it is necessary by annoucing a caretaker government to be form in 2 weeks time. At the moment normalcy reigns supreme. Its business as usual for the man in the street.As far as I know the only country to date that issue an advisory to its citizens against going to Thailand is Malaysia .That said , as a tourist you should play it safely by waiting out a few more weeks as it is recklessly foolish to rule out completely the unlikely event of more unrest flaring up.
LONG LIVE THE KING!

Answer 4

There is no war.
It was a peaceful takeover by the military in order to get rid of the corrupt Prime Minister.

There is no problem. This is good for Thailand. Here's a letter from Thailand today

'When my wife finally stopped singing and dancing around with our son at 7.45am this morning, she shouted out "Damn good!"
a) few people outside Thailand really know how Taksin has so cleverly usurped, benefitted from financial corruption instead of tackling it, bought up enormous tracts of his own country in areas of future development, bought foreign homes while barring foreigners from doing the same here, sued every major media outlet that criticised him and done NOTHING for the poor, and especially the hilltribes. Smiled at foreigners while restricting visas even further and pursuing policies which may ultimately be seen to be xenophobic. Full of promises and no delivery. Even his home city Chiangmai has waited a year in vain for his promised 53m baht to tackle flooding.
b) yes, he was democratically elected. The second time. Like another western premier we could name. At the first one he bought his way in with the "million baht per village" offer. That turned out to be a loan, not a gift of course, but it did the trick. Literally!
c) In my personal view this bloodless coup would not have taken place so smoothly, if at all, without the tacit consent of His Majesty. Maybe the writing was on the wall days ago? It is reported that Taksin took his whole family to the UN conference - unprecedented.
d) Dancing in the streets? Well there should be wherever thinking people are to be found (ie mainly in Bangkok). What we have in the streets here are lots of armoured personnel carriers and soldiers with rifles slung, looking a little bored and confused. But they don't mind having their photos taken as I proved on the way into the office this morning. Not allowed to talk, though, and many don't know what is happening.
e) Next? One of many responsible comments by General Sonthi was that the army would not hang on to power for very long. A coalition government, maybe with the promising young Democrat Abhisit to the fore, could be great!
f) We live in quite exciting times, but feel totally safe and very curious about the spin-off effects. Prayerfully this can only be good for Thailand!'

Answer 5

A friend of mine is suppose to go to Bangkok next week for business but he cancelled it due to security reason. The situation in Thailand might be peaceful for now but in a case like this anything can happen. It's better to be safe than sorry. The possibility of insurgency is very imminent nobody knows what will happen next. My friendly advised is, if your purpose of going there is not a matter of life and death I rather postpone it until everything will be back to normal.

Answer 6

I live in Bangkok (and I'm a foreigner). There's NO war! Life is going on, everything is open and functioning. Nobody's killed or injured. People r happy with the coup and give flowers and food to the army people.

What's wrong with foreign media? what r they showing or writing? so many people phoned and asked me if I'm actually alive! C'mon, it was a normal day, we went out as usual and had fun.

real danger is only in the South of the country - that's where the islamic fundamentalists create a mess. Otherwise, the whole country is safe.

Answer 7

I wish the people that have no idea whats happening in thailand would not give their stupid answers , outside of Bangkok there is no change at all , no tanks ect , its perfectly safe to come here , most of the thais wanted this so its no way a war , there is no opposition to this !

Answer 8

It seems that the coup is bloodless. I saw on CNN today where tourists and citizens alike were hugging and taking pictures with the soldiers. I think that the coup is going to be peaceful, and the last thing that Thailand wants would be to lose tourism money.

Answer 9

It's not a war, it was a bloodless takeover of the government, the King of Thailand sent his troops to overthrow the corrupt prime minister.

Answer 10

Personally, I would not travel to any country anymore that has terrorists, a corrupt government or any political uprisings of any sort or an army that is out of control. There are tons of safe countries and islands to visit in the world.

Answer 11

nop, u know there's a war, so why are u still asking is it safe to travel in thailand right now.