More than 1,000 tourists were stranded at Hat Yai airport and hotels in Hat Yai district on Sunday due to severe flooding.
The Tourism and Sports Minister said around 1,000 travellers were unable to leave the airport due to severe flooding that made travel to the city centre difficult.
Airport management has been providing stranded travellers with food, drinking water, toothpaste, toothbrushes, first-aid supplies and other necessities, he said.
Large trucks from the military and the Royal Irrigation Department were sent to transport people between the airport, hotels and temporary shelters. Conditions could improve within a few days if the heavy rain eases.
Hat Yai airport remained open on Sunday.
Many tourists were stuck at hotels, the airport and other flooded areas because many roads were impassable.
Staff at about 30 hotels had asked for more than 3,700 food boxes on Sunday.
Songkhla's governor said the local Red Cross was preparing 20,000 food boxes a day for residents in all affected districts.
Floods have severely affected 637 villages in 10 districts, with about 465,000 people impacted.
