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Article: Thai entrepreneurs turn bird nests into nest eggs.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 20, 2004
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Byline: Simon Montlake Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
PATTANI, THAILAND -- For residents of southern Thailand, it's been a rough start to the year. A series of attacks by alleged separatists on security forces and schools has spooked domestic tourists. Now, a deadly outbreak of avian flu in other parts of Thailand and Southeast Asia is threatening to end an alternative source of cash - birds' nests.
Some businesses have been supplementing their lost tourist revenue with the lucrative trade. The four-star CS Pattani Hotel, for example, is opening a new wing in the hotel - for birds.
Building boom - for avians
Pattani, a ...