Chinese Worshippers

Thailand's junta today insisted the crucial tourist industry has been unaffected by last week's bomb attack which killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, saying visitor numbers remained "at a normal level".

The destruction of a towering church by Chinese authorities has sown fear in a thriving the christian community and highlighted tensions between a rapidly growing number of worshippers and the Communist state.

Thailand's junta today insisted the crucial tourist industry has been unaffected by last week's bomb attack which killed 20 people, mostly foreigners, saying visitor numbers remained "at a normal level".

The destruction of a towering church by Chinese authorities has sown fear in a thriving the christian community and highlighted tensions between a rapidly growing number of worshippers and the Communist state.