Thailand Prime Minister’s PSA: Country 'Not Always Safe for Tourists' After Murder

Ao_Thong_Nai_Pan,_Koh_Phangan,_Thailand_02-2003Yesterday our friends at Skift revealed that media coverage doesn’t necessarily inspire tourists to pick certain travel destinations. On the other hand, extremely negative coverage would definitely influence our decision not to visit certain locales.

Times have been tough for Thailand’s tourist industry ever since its May 22 coup. Turns out that martial law makes it hard for tourists to purchase travel insurance — so the number of visitors to Thailand dropped more than 10 percent during the first eight months of 2014.

That’s

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