Bangkok , Nov 29 : The closure of Suvarnabhumi airport in Thailand has left almost 1,00,000 foreign tourists stranded and the number is likely to double or triple if the situation is prolonged.

Meanwhile, U-tapao airport has been used as a gateway for sending foreign visitors back home.

Bangkok  - Protest leaders holding Bangkok's two airports hostage in their bid to topple the government sent mixed signals on Saturday to authorities preparing to crack down on the demonstrators.

Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on Thursday declared both Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Mueang, Bangkok's former international airport, under emergency decree and ordered the police, air force and navy to clear out thousands of followers of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), a movement that has been staging increasingly violent protests for the past six months.

Bangkok  - Thai authorities on Saturday prepared to rid Bangkok's two airports of anti-government protestors who have cut off the capital's passenger air traffic, stranding an estimated 100,000 plane passengers and losing the nation millions of dollars daily.

Bangkok - Thai shares rose 3.09 per cent in value Friday, boosted by a regional rebound that

Bangkok  - Bangkok's police chief held an emergency meeting Friday at the Defence Ministry after being given the job of clearing Don Mueang Airport of anti-government protestors who have cut off the Thai capital's air traffic for three days.

Major General Suchart Muengeow was seen entering the ministry at 10:30 am. He was reportedly conferring with Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, who is also defence minister, by video conference.

Hamburg - German package-holiday companies cancelled holiday departures Thursday for 1,200 Germans because Bangkok's international airport remains occupied by demonstrators.

The holiday companies, which had also cancelled outbound trips on Wednesday, were conferring with airlines on how to bring holidaying Germans home on schedule, with both of Bangkok's civilian airports closed.

Lufthansa, Thai Airways International and Air Berlin's LTU unit cancelled all Bangkok-bound Thursday departures.