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Thailand's army says it has detained several people for questioning over a wave of deadly bombings in some of the country's best known-beach resorts that killed four people and wounded dozens, including tourists.
Last week's blasts came days after Thais voted to accept a military-backed constitution that paves the way for an election at the end of 2017.
No group has claimed responsibility, although police and the government have ruled out ties to foreign groups, linking the bombings to an unspecified domestic issue.
Analysts say suspicion would inevitably fall on enemies of the junta aggrieved by the referendum results, or insurgents from Muslim-majority provinces in the south of the predominantly Buddhist country.
Several people are being held at army facilities, but none has been charged, military government spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree told Reuters.
"Ever since the incident on August 11, the army has used Article 44 to summon people who the state think can give useful information," Winthai said.
The legislation gives the military government absolute power to take any steps needed to protect the public peace and detain people for up to seven days without a court warrant.
"They were sent to various army camps," added Winthai, who declined to say how many were detained, although rights groups fear the number runs into the dozens. "Nobody has been charged so far."
On Sunday, a deputy national police chief said the attacks were carried out simultaneously by one group on the orders of one person, but gave no further details.
Police on Sunday said they had arrested one person for arson but did not elaborate.
Over the weekend authorities defused at least five explosive devices that had failed to detonate.
Three bombs went off in the Muslim-majority province of Yala late on Sunday, but nobody was injured, police said.
Thailand could lose up to 200,000 foreign visitors and $US293 million ($A382.56 million) in tourism revenue this year, the head of its tourism authority said, after a series of deadly blasts in tourist towns last week.
The wave of attacks in places including the seaside town of Hua Hin and the island of Phuket, is the biggest challenge to an industry that has weathered more than a decade of instability and bounced back from violence over recent years.
Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the state Tourism Authority of Thailand, said the attacks could result in long-term losses in terms of tourist revenue and arrivals, mainly from other Asian countries.
"By the year end, there could be about 100,000 to 200,000 travel cancellations," he said in a statement.
"That would cost about 5.08 billion baht ($A190.63 million) to 10.16 billion baht ($A382.56 million))."
Tourism accounts for 10 per cent of Thai gross domestic product and is one of the few bright spots in an economy that has struggled under the stewardship of a military government that seized power in a bloodless coup two years ago.
The Southeast Asian nation had been expecting a record 32 million visitors in 2016, with expected revenue of 2.41 trillion baht.
Narongchai Wongthanavimok, chief financial officer at national carrier Thai Airways, Thailand's national carrier, said on Friday the bombings would hurt business and consumer confidence.
No group has claimed responsibility for the Thursday and Friday attacks that killed four people and wounded dozens, some of them tourists.
