Transport and Communications
The transport and communications infrastructure was destroyed and damaged, and revenues
from their operations have dropped.
Main and rural roads, bridges and their ancillary drainage structures were destroyed and
damaged to varying degrees; the value of such damage was taken from the DDPM report
dated 10 June 2005, which draws from data from the relevant sector organizations, and was
verified and supplemented with information received from the Highways Departments21. The
international airports operated by Airports of Thailand (AOT) sustained minor infrastructure
damage, but their revenues dropped in accordance with the reduced number of tourist arrivals
and of landings by airplanes22. Damage to telecommunications facilities was limited23.
No estimate of increased road transport costs was made, as no sufficient data was available.
No estimate was made of lower revenues for the telecommunications sector, but they are
expected to be low.
The total impact on the transport and communications sector was estimated as 632 million
Baht, of which 289 million refer to damage to assets (46 per cent) and the remaining 343
million (54%) are losses of revenue. See table 4-1.
Table 4-1
Damage and Losses in the Transport and Communications