The Association of Thai Travel Agents said international visitor arrivals fell between 20 and 30 percent in March,when the protests began.

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Fourteen-year-old Nam Gao says that when she moved to Thailand three years ago, her parents tried to enroll her in a Thai school.

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When the Thai baht crisis hit Southeast Asia in 1997 he switched his attention to China.

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He was lucky not to be badly hit when the Thai currency was dramatically devalued during the 1997 Asian financial meltdown.

BBC: Thaksin Shinawatra

Juan Ignacio Chela was leading Paradorn Srichaphan 6-3 3-0 in the first round when the Thai withdrew, and the Argentine meets Briton Andy Murray next.

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