Thailand tourism has been in the news and not in the good way. First there was the shut-down of the Phuket airport at the end of August as anti-government demonstrators formed a human blockade. A few days later the unrest spread across the country, including Bangkok, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency on September 2. So what does this all mean for expats thinking about traveling to Thailand over the upcoming Golden Week Holiday? “Wait and see,” according to Teck Heok of Singapore-based Country Holidays.

I spoke with her on the phone and she told me that most of the public demonstrations are occurring in areas with government offices and are not in any way directed at tourists and that Thai people are quite non-violent in general. While there have been some cancellations, there are still plenty of outbound expats heading for Thailand. Not only that, Country Holidays is guaranteeing airfare refund in the event that the situation continues to worsen and is deemed too unsafe. And since the unrest began, numerous great deals on airfare have emerged like this flight+hotel deal from FASCO or this one from Classic Travel.

Riots or no riots, when are you going to get down to Bangkok for RMB3,300 round trip including taxes?