On Tuesday, the London government extended a warning against visiting Thailand, urging its citizens to avoid all but essential travel to the whole country due to the violently occurring  incidents of an unpredictable nature.

It came after officials last week warned against visiting Bangkok following a series of grenade attacks in the capital of Thailand

Recently on Tuesday, the foreign office said it had ‘’ changed it travel advice to advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Thailand.’’

“This advice reflects the increasing tension in Thailand and our concern that violent incidents of an unpredictable nature are occurring in many parts of Thailand,”, Foreign office said in a statement.They also added by saying “The situation is volatile and we recommend that British nationals in Thailand or planning to travel to the country check the travel advice on the embassy website regularly for details of further developments.”

The situation is Thailand’s capital is continuously under the state of emergency and has been rocked by the worst kind of political disturbances since two decades. Almost around 26 people killed and 1,000 injured this month.

The Foreign Office said Authority of Thailand figure shows that around 812,000 British nationals visited Thailand in 2008 for the purpose of Tourism.

[Source: AFP ]