Is Thailand safe to visit in 2019?

Concerns over security after failed bombing in Bangkok

backpacker Thailand
A French backpacker gets a taxi in Bangkok, Thailand
(Image credit: Stephen Shaver/AFP/Getty Images)

Concerns have been raised over the safety of visiting Thailand after at least four people were injured when “several small bombs went off” in Bangkok during the morning rush hour earlier this month.

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