http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7750000/newsid_7757900/7757914.stm
- There is a protest taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Those protesters had took control of 2 airports, and the airports had to shut down.
- Because of the shut down, there were many tourists stuck in Thailand.
- About 40 airplanes had took off from Bangkok, but without any passengers on board.
- The planes were headed to other airports to pick up stranded people.
- Because of the protest, there were thousands of passengers been stuck in Thailand for a week.
- What did those protrsters want? They want the government to resign.
- There was a deal had been agreed to let 88 planes left Suvarnabhumi Airport.
- And some governments were arranging special flights to get their people home.
- Because of this incident, had very bad influence to the holiday business, they think that the number of people planning to go to Thailand would drop 50% in 2009.
- However, this incident was not the only one protest, there were thousands of people who think the government was doing a good job, marched through Bangkok to show their support.
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