Protests hurt Thai tourism

Thailand's political turmoil has heaped further strain on an economy already battered by the effects of the global financial crisis.

The royalist anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) may have lifted its crippling siege of Bangkok's airports after a court ruling sacked the Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat earlier this week, but analysts say the ruling has done nothing to solve the fundamental power struggle undermining Thailand's stability.