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	Suwat Sitthilor, the permanent secretary, said the drop of foreign tourists had caused the country to lose &nbsp;about Bt16 billion in what it should have received from the foreign tourists.</div>
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	The damage would be higher if the protests continued until the end of next month, Suwat said.</div>
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Protests cause number of foreign tourists to drop by 300,000: permanent secretary

On-going protests have caused the number of foreign tourist to drop by 300,000 so far, the permanent secretary for Tourism and Sports said Wednesday.

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