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Malaysians shun Thai Muslim south during holiday
Tourist operators say violence in Thailand's Muslim south has scared away Malaysian tourists who usually flock across the border to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday that ends the fasting month of Ramadan. Malaysians, long the largest group of foreign visitors to Thailand, have shunned bomb-hit Sungai Kolok, a town known for its night life.
That's part of the plan, can't have the Malaysian muslims seeing people having fun. Might give them ideas.
Last month, a bomb exploded on a bar strip in Sungai Kolok, a weekend getaway, killing a Malaysian man and a Thai woman and wounding dozens other. A blast on the same strip wounded 28 Malaysians and Thais in March. Tourist operators say the number of Malaysians crossing to Sungai Kolok has dropped to less than 150 a day now from 1,500 a day last year.
Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-15
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=48882