Thursday marks one month since the Erawan Shrine bombing which killed 20 people and injured 130 in Bangkok. While the investigation is still under way, it is evident that the impact of the attack on the country's tourism has been huge. The blast, plus a second explosion at Sathon pier, led 35 countries to warn their citizens about trips to Thailand. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, 64.3 billion baht has been lost in tourism revenue from 1.3 million people who cancelled their trip to the country.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand also reported people from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam cancelling their tour packages and flights to Thailand in August and September. Some countries, such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Slovakia, went as far as telling their citizens not to visit Thailand unless necessary.
The TAT is still optimistic there will be improved numbers in the last quarter of the year, and if you go to any tourist site in Bangkok at present, they're still swarming with visitors.
To find out how the bomb attacks changed attitudes towards Thailand, Life asked 10 visitors how they feel about the incident and if they would advise others to come here.
Aaron Quaeck
Britain
Aaron was in Thailand but out of Bangkok's city centre when the bombing happened. "It was daunting, definitely," he said. "My girlfriend was closer to the bombing. She heard the explosions so it was pretty scary for her.
"I've spoken to a couple of friends that are coming here. They're a little bit nervous about coming.
"But really, it could happen anywhere in the world. You have to have your wits about you here, as you do anywhere, in England, even. So it was scary, yes, but it hasn't deterred me from being here."
In fact, Aaron said he felt safer and more relaxed in Thailand than in other places he'd been to.
"I've been to places like India and Dubai, which aren't as safe. Thai people and Chinese, Japanese and other migrants that live here are all very welcoming. Tourism is the livelihood for a lot of people so many speak English and many really want to help you."
Schuyler Ingram
USA
Schuyler was in Bangkok when the bombs went off. He didn't hear them, however.
"I found out from getting Facebook messages from people that I hadn't talked to in a long time asking me if I was okay. I wondered why they were asking me so I went on to news websites to see what happened.
"It's much bigger than anything I've heard of happening in Thailand. I thought it'd be related to the violence down South so was surprised that it wasn't.
"I think, though, it could happen in any major city in the world. I would be very surprised if something like this happens again."
Schuyler said he didn't feel remotely unsafe but imagined a few people were put off coming here.
"It definitely seems quieter. I think a few people were quite scared."
Ryu Ilhyun
South Korea
Ryu said he had some concerns about coming to Thailand.
"I was a little bit worried and my family was a little bit worried," he said. "We weren't sure if it'd be safe."
Once he got to Bangkok, however, he felt very comfortable in the city. "It feels very safe. I think it is a good place for tourists to come."
Shilpa Gupta
India
Shilpa made a rather unusual decision for an Indian girl when she made arrangements to travel to Thailand on her own.
She planned the trip three months ago. Her father was supportive of her coming but her mother worried about her travelling alone. When the bombing happened, her mother's concern grew, but Shilpa wasn't deterred -- she was determined to go on her trip as planned.
"It was very bad that the bombing happened but that is not something that happens normally. They're very rare.
"A lot of Indians come to Thailand but I don't think they'll be put off. Bangkok is a lot safer than India."
Shilpa would encourage her friends to come here as well. "What I've seen so far has been great. It would be good for more young Indians to see what I've seen."
Yme Gorter
The Netherlands
Yme booked his flight to Thailand 12 hours before the bombing happened. He didn't think about cancelling, however.
"It's easy for an event to change your perception of a place but I don't think that's accurate so I still decided to go.
"I was in Nepal when the earthquakes happened but I still stayed and I'd go back -- it's easy to think all of Thailand is dangerous but I don't think it is.
"I've had no problems here."
Yme said his parents weren't concerned about him coming either. "I was in Nepal for four months. I think they stopped worrying after that."
Patrick Defit
France
Patrick is in Thailand for a few weeks with his Thai wife. He said he felt very safe here.
"I followed the news after it happened to see all the updates," he said. "Obviously my wife has connections here so we've been able to find out a lot of what's been going on through her family.
"I know they've caught some of the suspects but I don't know if I fully believe they're the right people or that anyone really knows what their motivations were."
Despite his doubts, Patrick said he would definitely recommend to people to come to Thailand. "I've married a Thai person so obviously I think it's pretty good."
Andrea McPherson
Andrea knew very little about the bombing. She didn't think it'd made much of a splash on Canadian news -- or at least, she wasn't aware that it had. She planned her trip to Thailand a while back and had no thoughts of changing her plans following the bombing.
"Stuff like that happens all the time in Thailand," she said. "I was here when there were political uprisings and things were a lot more full on."
Compared to other Asian countries, Andrea believed Thailand was pretty safe. "I would definitely recommend people to come here. The government is pretty good, at least, compared to other countries where there's more corruption."
Erlangga Fanggi
Indonesia
Erlangga knew about the bombing -- including that someone from Indonesia was killed -- but said he still felt safe coming here.
"I'm on holiday with my friends," he said. "We've been to Singapore, now we're in Bangkok and next we're going to Phuket.
"We're not worried about our safety. Bangkok is a lot better than Indonesia. In Jakarta, it's really hard to get around. It takes a very long time to get from one part of the city to the next, but here, you can just use the BTS and MRT, it's a lot easier."
Hannah Freeman
England
Hannah was in Cambodia when she heard about the bombing.
"A lot of people contacted me because they didn't know where I was," she said. "I spent a lot of time reading the news online and messaging everyone I knew in Bangkok."
Hannah had previously spent time in Bangkok where she made several Western and Thai friends.
"All I wanted to do was go back and physically see them so I knew they were okay. It was easy to message my Western friends but harder to get in touch with my Thai friends. I'm friends with some of them on Facebook but they were posting in Thai so I didn't know if they were saying they were okay or whether their family and friends had been affected."
Hannah eventually came back to Bangkok, where she said she felt safe. "I haven't totally been following what's happening with the suspects but things seem fine. I haven't had any bad experiences here."
Tasuku Onodera
Japan
Tasuku said he didn't know much about the bombing or what was going on in the rest of Thailand.
"I don't know the details of the situation but I know it was a very tragic incident," he said.
"Before I came here, I thought that it might not be safe but since I've been here it's been totally fine.
"There's so much security around that I don't think you have to walk around with too much care."
