Thailand sends 40,000 stranded tourists homeStranded travelers receive drinking water at Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan province on March 1. She said the agency contacted CAAT to relay tour companies' difficulties in sending charter flights to Thailand due to regulations that prohibit charter flights from selling one‑way tickets to tourists. The tour company purchased tickets for the tourists to travel to Bangkok, then board a charter flight back to Warsaw. Another case involved 315 tourists from Nordic countries that were stranded for more than a week across several destinations in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. However, it remains difficult to determine the actual number of tourists still stranded in Thailand, as some are individual travellers without agents and have not contacted hotels or authorities for help.

Source: Bangkok Post March 12, 2026 08:06 UTC