Bombs hit tourist towns and industry confidence

Police say blasts in at least five areas of the country are 'local sabotage', rule out international terrorism

Tourists huddled in their hotel rooms and ducked inside buildings after bombs exploded one after another in at least five areas of Thailand, including popular beach cities, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more.

"The security in the bar told me to get back into the bar and they just rolled down the shutters and made sure everyone was at the back of the bar and after about ... a 10 minute or so wait, there was a second bang," tourist Shane Brett said in Hua Hin on Friday, the morning after the Thursday night blasts.