As of April 25, 2011
Background:
- Military skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia started taking place on April 22, 2011, and are continuing intermittently.
- Four Thai soldiers have been killed and 27 injured as of yesterday since fighting first broke out on Friday, April 22.
- The skirmishes are localized and only affected a small part of Phanom Dong Rak district, a remote, mountainous part of Surin province, and adjacent parts of Buri Ram province.
- The areas where the skirmishes are taking place are about 150 Km west of Preah Vihear Temple, where similar clashes took place earlier this year.
- Residents of Thai villages on the border have been evacuated.
- Due to the situation, the Thai army closed the Chong Jom border pass in the Kab Choeng district of Surin and Chong Sa-ngam border pass in the Phu Sing district of Si Sa Ket; however these border crossings are not regular routes for tourists.
- The Thai and Cambodian governments are in negotiations to resolve the situation.
- No other parts of Bangkok or Thailand, especially tourist destinations, are affected by this situation and everything continues elsewhere as normal.
- The situation with Cambodia will have no affect on tourists visiting Thailand.
Impact of the border situation on tourists:
- As the area where the border skirmishes are taking place is about 300 Km east of Bangkok and mainly in an isolated area of Surin province, they have no impact on visitors to Thailand.
- There are no major tourist destinations in the area, so visitor traffic in the area is almost non-existent.
- Given its small area, isolation and considerable distance from Bangkok and other tourist destinations in Thailand, visitors should not have their holiday or safety affected by the disagreement between Thailand and Cambodia over this border incident.
- The situation in the area around Preah Vihear Temple, where similar skirmishes took place earlier this year, remains normal.
- Air and land travel between Thailand and Cambodia continues to operate as normal, other than the Chong Jom border pass in Surin and Chong Sa-ngam border pass in Si Sa Ket.
Credit: TAT News (www.tatnews.org)
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