Mr. Apichart Sankary

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  www.cdnn.info/news/travel/t090413.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/10/2009    Last Visited: 7/10/2009  

  said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), urging the government to end the turmoil once and for all.
  
  "We have nothing to lose any more, no tourists will come now anyway so we need to clear everything as soon as possible. We cannot have this situation go on and on," he told reporters.
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  Apichart said he had already been fielding calls from Chinese tour agency representatives who were planning to cancel bookings for the lucrative May 1 holidays.

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  www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/14839/red-shirts - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/9/2009    Last Visited: 4/9/2009  

  "Thailand and the tourism industry have been hurt already by many negative factors, so Thai people should not aggravate the situation further," said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thailand Travel Agents (ATTA), a member of the FTTA.

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  www.smh.com.au/travel/web-war-between-qantas-and-britis - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/6/2008    Last Visited: 12/6/2008  

  "Foreigners have lost their confidence to travel to and in Thailand," Thai Travel Agents Association president Apichart Sankary says.

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  news.airwise.com/story/view/1239622347.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/14/2009    Last Visited: 4/14/2009  

  Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, was quoted in the Bangkok Post as saying on Sunday, after the events at Pattaya but before the shooting in Bangkok, that tourist arrivals could fall below 10 million this year.

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  www.warwickdailynews.com.au/story/2009/04/14/thai-prote - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/14/2009    Last Visited: 4/14/2009  

  Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, said that television images beamed around the world of troops firing volleys of gunfire to disperse protesters had alarmed potential visitors.
  
  "Lay-offs are inevitable. We may lose up to 200,000 people this year if the situation is not resolved," he said, appealing to the government to resolve the turmoil as soon as possible.
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  Apichart said that 1,000 people booked to travel on a cruise ship from Singapore to Thailand had opted to stay in the city-state, and that passengers who decided to come to Bangkok would be asked to stay in their hotels.
  
  "Our overseas partners know that Thailand is split... They are scared of what's happening," he told AFP.

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  www.terradaily.com/reports/Thai_troops_disperse_protest - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/13/2009    Last Visited: 4/13/2009  

  said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), urging the government to end the turmoil once and for all. "We have nothing to lose any more, no tourists will come now anyway so we need to clear everything as soon as possible. We cannot have this situation go on and on," he told AFP.
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  Apichart said he had already been fielding calls from Chinese tour agency representatives who were planning to cancel bookings for the lucrative May 1 holidays.

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  www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/13/2009    Last Visited: 4/13/2009  

  said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), urging the government to end the turmoil once and for all. "We have nothing to lose any more, no tourists will come now anyway so we need to clear everything as soon as possible. We cannot have this situation go on and on," he told AFP.
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  Apichart said he had already been fielding calls from Chinese tour agency representatives who were planning to cancel bookings for the lucrative May 1 holidays.
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  said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), urging the government to end the turmoil once and for all. "We have nothing to lose any more, no tourists will come now anyway so we need to clear everything as soon as possible. We cannot have this situation go on and on," he told AFP.
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  Apichart said he had already been fielding calls from Chinese tour agency representatives who were planning to cancel bookings for the lucrative May 1 holidays.

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  www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/14958/summit-col - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/11/2009    Last Visited: 4/11/2009  

  Apichart Sankary, the president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, said inbound tourist numbers could fall below 10 million arrivals this year, well below an original target of 14 million.
  
  He warned that up to 200,000 jobs could be lost this year due to the global economic downturn and the negative image of the country presented abroad.

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  news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Business/Story/A1St - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/8/2008    Last Visited: 9/8/2008  

  "The political turmoil has badly affected the travel and tourism business in Thailand," said Apichart Sankary, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, adding that the fall in numbers was already costing Thailand 400 million baht (11.7 million dollars) a day in lost revenue.

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  www.cdnn.info/news/travel/t080902.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/2/2008    Last Visited: 9/8/2008  

  Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) president Apichart Sankary said the political unrest should end before September 15, which is the start of the high season of tourism industry.

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