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Jan 6, 2018 | 10:33 pm

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Oldtiger

Join Date: Jul 2013

Location: BKK

Programs: EK Pleb

Posts: 246

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Originally Posted by Plato90s

......... the land around the airport aren't really mosquito-breeding bounds........

Suvarnabhumi airport (BKK) was constructed on 8,000 acers of swamp land, originally known as Cobra Swamp. It also need to be remembered that due to very heavy precipitation during the monsoon season the airport has a large number of run-off channels/drains designed to displace large quantities of water away from the runways and taxiways and these are often still very wet during the dry season. As a result you shouldn’t be surprised to find mosquitoes around the outside of the airport buildings. That said, I am sure that the airport authorities spray/fumigate the channels/drains on a regular basis in order to keep the mosquitoes population down.

The temperature inside the terminal building is kept at fairly constant 25c throughout the year by air conditioning and nearly all parts of the building are well illuminated both day and night. These factors combined are not conducive to a mosquito friendly environment. Hence the comments that previous posters have made about not seeing mosquitoes inside the terminal building.

OP…. Regarding any instances of the Zika virus within Thailand, the best source of such information would be obtained from the Ministry of Public Health. You may also wish to have a look at https://www.thethailandlife.com/zika-virus-thailand which although not directly related to BKK itself still does make worrying reading.

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