Is it safe to travel to Thailand?

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Thailand is one of the countries that receives the most travelers throughout the year, although tourism may be seriously affected after the attack that took place yesterday in the vicinity of the sanctuary Erawan, a very central area of ​​Bangkok close to a luxury hotel. The bomb attack killed 21 people and injured 117 others, according to official sources.

It is still unknown who was the author of the attack and what he intended, although it seems clear that his main objective was to damage tourism and the country's economy. After these events, today in Hard Hobbit To Break we ask ourselves the following question: is it safe to travel to Thailand?

The attempt

Before giving you our opinion on the subject before us today, we want to give you some more details of the attack. Although, as we told you at the beginning, there is still no detainee, an Asian-looking man who was captured by security cameras is being investigated before the attack that took place using a motorcycle bomb. The authorities do not rule out any group as the authors of the attack, including the ethnic Uighurs, the opponents from the military government and southern Malaysian Muslim insurgents, who have been at odds with the Thai government for over a decade. In short, the attack seems to be part of the atmosphere of tension that the country has had since 2006 (we recall that in 2014 the Army carried out a coup d'état).


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Failed attempt

On the other hand, it is important to note that today another man has thrown an artifact from the bridge Sathorn, although it has not caused damage when falling into the water. It is a very busy place for Chinese tourists. Fortunately, we don't have to talk about more fatalities.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

After these attacks, many people who were planning to travel to Thailand will be reconsidering their decision, something that already happened in May 2014 when the coup d'état took place. Of course, thanks to the price drops, many were encouraged to get to know the Asian country despite the warnings of the Spanish Government.


What is happening this time? Well, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not updated its recommendation and continues to advise "travel with extreme caution and refrain from doing so in certain areas" (they refer to the southern provinces). He also recalls that the armed forces have replaced martial law with other regulations that can “restrict the movement of people, limit rights and freedoms, carry out searches and arrests, impose controls and even keep a person in custody without a previous judicial order for seven days without communication or legal assistance ”. On the website of Ministry You will find much more practical information.

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Spanish Embassy in Thailand

Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not updated its website since July 22, from the Spanish Embassy in Thailand they have made several recommendations. Of course, in no case have they recommended not to travel to the country. Thus, what they have advised from the Embassy through their Twitter account is to arrive at the airport with advance if you are traveling from Bangkok, as there may be access controls; and always be well documented (remember that in Thailand you always have to be documented and show your passport to the police or the army if they ask for it). In addition, they comment that in the coming days there may be police or army controls.

As you can see, there is no official government recommendation regarding traveling to Thailand, at least for the moment. What we believe is that today there is no country that is free from terrorist attacks, including ours. In addition, it must be taken into account that after an attack, extreme security measures.

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