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Tourists queue to check in at AirAsia counters for their flights at Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, December 26, 2016. Chaiwat Subprasom\/ Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>hailand’s success in attracting huge numbers of tourists has put some infrastructure for handling the influx under pressure, an economist with the World Bank said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“Bottlenecks are building up in destinations like Chiang Mai, Bangkok and Phuket, while infrastructure still hasn’t expanded,” Kiatipong Ariyapruchya said.<\/p>\n

The economist also said that new destinations inside Thailand “must be introduced and monitored closely to support sustainable tourism”.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt from an article originally published on Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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