Advisor Gen. Wuthi
Liptapanlop and Assistant Commissioner Lt. Gen. Jaktip Chaijinda dispatch
New Year’s troops in Pattaya.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Top Royal Thai Police commanders formally issued orders to Pattaya-area
cops to provide security for New Year’s Eve.
Advisor Gen. Wuthi Liptapanlop and Assistant Commissioner Lt. Gen. Jaktip
Chaijinda joined Region 2 Police Commander Lt. Gen. Kawee Suphanan,
Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho and Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh
Dec. 31 for the dispatch.
Jaktip said many tourists arrived in Thailand during the holidays and police
needed to step up their protection to ensure safety, as well as keep traffic
moving.
He claimed that the Bangkok demonstrations have no impacted tourism levels
because police had assured foreign governments that tourists would be safe.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand said earlier last month, however, that
Russian tourist arrivals had dropped 20 percent and that South Korean and
Chinese tourists had “disappeared” from the kingdom in the face of the
political upheaval.
