Agnes Dherbeys for The New York Times The entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel in Bangkok, which has been closed for about a month, was blocked Monday by a barricade of razor wire.
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“Patpong is the sex entertainment center of Bangkok,” he said. “The red shirts have basically closed it down because it’s located near of the center of their protests.”
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Charoen Wangananont, a spokesman for the Federation of Thai Tourism Associations, told The Bangkok Post: “What is certain is that the recovery process will be long and costly. This is the worst crisis ever faced in the history of the Thai tourism industry.”
Bangkok is already planning its cleanup operation once the protesters move out of the high-end shopping area they have occupied. The city administration said it would clean roads, sewers and water mains; remove garbage; and bring in 1,000 monks to chant and accept alms. Surveillance cameras, disabled by the protesters, will be repaired.
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