BANGKOK (Reuters) - From empty sun loungers at luxury hotels to vacant bar stools in dingy fleshpots, tourism in Thailand is going through its worst slump in decades, a result of the global economic slowdown and its own political turmoil.

reuters 2:12:00 AM CET

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Keywords: Thailand / Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin Shinawatra / thai, minister, government, bangkok, prime, pad, political, people

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