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    Thursday 27th November 2008

    Emergency Meeting discusses local assistance for stranded International Tourists.

    On Thursday Afternoon, Khun Mongkol, the Chief of Banglamung District chaired an emergency meeting to discuss the currently situation in Bangkok and the affect on Tourists residing here in Pattaya following the closure of Suvanabumi Airport. The District Chief announced that Pattaya City Hall and Banglamung City Hall’s can be contacted by Tourists who are stranded here in Pattaya following the airport closure which could last for some time. For the latest information the Pattaya City Call Center 1337 can be contacted and for those who need to leave Thailand urgently can also contact 1337 and decisions on whether to accommodate requests to leave Thailand urgently will be decided case-by-case by an emergency committee which has been set up. Utapao Airport in Sattahip is still operating and can be used. So if you are stranded here in Pattaya and have problems with money or visas or if you require any advice regarding the use of other forms of transport to leave Thailand please call 1337.

    http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2008/november/news_27_11_51_2.shtml

    Rene

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    han

    Tsja ,ik ben benieuwd hoe soepel ze zullen omgaan met de massale visa overschrijdingen :D.

    Die gasten hebben ook dagen geen extraatje,hahahhahaa

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    Ger

    Overstay fines exempted for travelers stranded by Bangkok airport closures

    PHUKET CITY: – Phuket Immigration Police Superintendent Chanatpol Yongbunjerd has confirmed that any travelers stranded in Thailand by the closure of Bangkok’s two airports will be exempted from paying overstay fines.

    Immigration headquarters in Bangkok has instructed immigration officers nationwide to extend “special assistance” to stranded travelers, just as it did in the wake of the 2004 tsunami disaster, he said.

    Such assistance includes not only waiving overstay fines, but helping tourists find accommodation, he added.

    Foreigners with long overstays hoping to use the crisis to slip out of the country without paying a fine will be disappointed, however.

    The overstay fee waiver will only be granted on a case-by-case basis to travelers able to prove that the airport closure was responsible for their delayed departure.

    Travelers should be prepared to show documentary evidence, such as air tickets, to support their claims when leaving the country, he said.

    Col Chanatpol said Phuket Airport Immigration and Customs expects an increase in the number of arrivals here as more planes scheduled to land at Suvarnabhumi Airport, especially direct flights from Malaysia and Singapore, touch down at Phuket Airport instead.

    – Phuket Gazette 2008-11-28