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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: "Hungry Ghosts" Keep Tourists From Tsunami-Hit Resorts


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Moneesha Johnson, a family member of U.S. tsunami victims, lights candles during a memorial service on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand, on December 26, 2005.

The Thai tourist industry has been hard hit by a drop in visitors from other parts of Asia. Some officials blame the trend on traditional beliefs in angry ghosts haunting disaster-struck beach resorts.

Photograph © Narong Sangnak/epa/Corbis