Is Thailand safe for travel?

Thailand is one of the most beautiful countries and is known as the 'land of smiles' world widely. The country has diverse natural landscapes, rich history, mostly Buddhists culture, inspiring buildings of both ancient and modern, warm hospitable people, and world famous cuisine that makes Thailand one of the most popular and most beautiful destinations for the visitors all over the world.

It has covered a total area of 514,000 square kilometer with the total population 64,631,595. The capital city of Thailand is Bangkok which is locally known as the city of angels. Its currency is Thai baht and its time zone is 7 hours ahead of GMT. It has all types of facilities all over and in every corner of the country. It is a country for most probably tourism attraction. If any visitors are planning for visiting Thailand they should know what is happening there and if it is safe to travel or not. So here is some of the information regarding if it is safe for travel or not in some points below:

First, is Thailand safe?   - One of the most popular and beautiful destination for travel to the visitors is in Southeast Asia. It attracts around 20 million people around the world. But the last year's double murder of British backpackers David Miller and Hannah With ridge, for which 2 Burmese workers have now been sentenced to death. This may make the visitors whether to travel or not. The foreign office does not currently advice against travel to the country with the exception of the provinces Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, and Songkhla on the Thai Malaysia border and says that most British visitors pass without incident.

However, it warns that westerners and British nationals have been the victims of crimes including robbery, sexual assault and frauds, date rapes, etc so all the visitors are advised to take particular cautions. Wherever the visitors go and always should be aware while drinking from the strange people in the pubs, hotel and restaurants because they may contain drugs and other harmful substances mixed in it. And as well as while boating, diving there may cause any problem so should be careful in everything the visitors do.  

Has there been any other recent incident?   - Aside from the terrible murder on Koh Tao in April last year a ferry travelling between Krabi and Phuket in southern Thailand caught fire and sand resulting of 1 death. In 2013 one British tourist was killed, bomb attack in central Bangkok, bomb went near the Erawan Shrine and a British national was killed, explosion near sky train stations, bomb in a car park, and many other small incidents. So the foreign office recommends staying abreast of local news and being observant about safety.

Who should the visitors contact in emergency?   - Thailand's foreign tourism authorities provide a list of phone numbers for all the travelers in need of help. Travelers in Thailand incase of need of urgent help just as incase of attack, in case of arrest or incase of death should ring +66(0)2 305 8333.

Can the visitors cancel the holiday if they no longer want to visit?  - Unless and until the foreign office changes its advice to warn against travel to a destination the holiday companies are not compelled to give the visitors, refund if they change their mind once after booking. The visitors will not get the money back after booking if they canceled it. As for independent travelers, travelers may be able to get away with canceling their trip and don’t have to lose any money but only in some conditions. Reservation of accommodations which is done through mailing can be easily canceled without any charges if it is done far enough in advance.  For air fares, if visitors have booked in less expensive airlines, then the visitors would not get the money back but if visitors had not booked yet and the mind have changed to visit then we suggest to book in an expensive airlines because the airlines return the money back, may be not all but somewhat more.

Thus, these are some of the points that the visitors and travelers should know before planning to go for visit to Thailand. Beside this all problems and recent incident, if the visitors be conscious and travel, they will enjoy the beauties of the world's most popular and beautiful places of Thailand.