Holidaymakers Return to Bangkok

BANGKOK, Jan 2 (TNA) – About 160,000 people are expected to return to Bangkok by bus today after the New Year celebrations ended. JirasakYaowatsakul, managing director of Transport Co said more than 144,000 passengers arrived at three bus terminals in Bangkok on Dec 1. Today, it expects about 160,000 people to return to Bangkok. Due to a lack of taxi service to accommodate the large number of passengers, the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority have offered shuttle buses from Mor Chit 2 bus terminal to the BTS stations at Chutuchak and Victory Monument. Jirasak said the number of passengers, using inter-provincial buses and public mini-vans dropped by ten per cent year-on-year. The company provided regular and extra buses and vans for about three million passengers from Dec 1-31. (TNA)