A tourist walks past a giant gift box di [Getty Images]

A tourist walks past a giant gift box displayed for the up coming Christmas festival at shopping mall in Bangkok on November 23, 2009. Thailand's economy shrank by 2.8 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, signalling improvement on the previous quarter as export and tourism revenues pick up, official figures showed. AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP via Getty Images)

AFP PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL