Thailand's Teflon tour industry to weather floodsForeign tourists spend time at a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwaters, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

Foreign tourists spend time at a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwaters, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

A foreign tourist walks past a shopping mall fortified with sandbags in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

Foreign tourists, right, spend time at a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwaters, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

Tourists and locals visit a shopping mall fortified with sandbags in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

A foreign tourist takes pictures of the entrance of a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwater, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

A foreign tourist walks past a shopping mall fortified with sandbags in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

A foreign tourist, right, smokes inside a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwater, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

Foreign tourists spend time at a cafe, fortified with sandbags to stop floodwater, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Thailand is once again in tourist turmoil as floods linger, but ever resilient industry unfazed.

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Yingluck lends a hand
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is surrounded by flood victims who turned up in large numbers to receive food donations from her on Song Prapha Road yesterday. The premier visited the residents of flooded areas in Don Muang and handed them flood survival necessities.

Residents gather in a protest against the opening of Khlong 9 sluice gate in Rangsit area. They insist the opening will worsen floods in their communities.

Volunteers hand out drinks and food to soldiers who assist flood-affected motorists and commuters near the Major Ratchayothin cineplex on Phahon Yothin Road yesterday.

Many people arrive at the Thai Red Cross head office in Bangkok to donate blood after hearing that the supply of blood is running low.

Vehicles reduce speed as they drive on the flooded Phahon Yothin Road near the Major Ratchayothin cineplex.