Sixty more Thai nationals have said they want to return home from strife-torn Egypt.
This follows the arrival in Bangkok over the past two days of more than 600 Thai evacuees fleeing the political violence in Cairo.
The Thai embassy in Cairo yesterday submitted a report to the Foreign Affairs Ministry about the current situation of Thai nationals remaining in Egypt. The report said the embassy had been in contact with about 300 Thais still there.
Of them, 60 _ 40 students and 20 labourers _ said they want to go home.
Two charter flights carrying 249 Thai evacuees arrived at Don Mueang airport yesterday at 3.28am and 4.28am, respectively.
Nuttavudh Photisaro, the Foreign Ministry's deputy permanent secretary, said the government currently has no plans to charter further flights to bring Thais home. He said the government will help find air tickets for those still in Egypt to return to Bangkok.
Mr Nuttavudh said the ministry had lowered its warning level for Egypt after the Thai embassy reported the situation was under the Egyptian government's control. The ministry had raised the alert to the maximum level 4 on Sunday and advised all Thais to leave the country.
Deputy Education Minister Sermsak Pongpanit said he had ordered the Office of the Higher Education Commission to ask returning students whether they wanted to resume their studies in Egypt.
Mr Sermsak said he expected to receive the report within two days.
Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Phurisisak said the political violence in Cairo would not significantly hurt tourism in Thailand. He said tourist arrivals from Egypt had fallen since the unrest broke out, but with only a minimal impact on overall tourist numbers.
Mr Somsak said tourists from other countries are still travelling to Thailand, and the overall number of tourist arrivals has actually increased from 30,000 a day to 40,000 a day in the first half of this year. He said further international tourism growth is expected in the last two quarters of the year.