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"Workers at Phuket hotels have ended a three-day strike that blocked roads and shut six hotels, again disrupting holidays for hundreds of foreign tourists. The strikers blocked all roads to the sprawling resort complex of the Laguna Group after the hotel cut employee bonuses and ruled out a wage increase this year, according to reports in the Phuket Gazette.

Tourists staying at the Laguna complex were moved to other hotels on the island, which has seen a sharp drop in visitors since the seizure of Bangkok's main airports late last year. "The hotel did not negotiate. They told the protesters they cannot increase wages this year because they will struggle with losses," Phuket police officer Pharidon Ghaniama told the newspaper.

The company had no official comment on the strike, but hotel staff said four of the six Laguna hotels remained closed on Sunday.

Thailand may see its lowest number of tourist arrivals in four years in 2009 after anti-government protesters blockaded Bangkok's airports and stranded thousands of holidaymakers. Tourism directly employs 1.8 million people and contributes an estimated six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/1363...e-hits-tourists