Hey bro DONT cancel!! The media blows it out of proportion, I went for 2008/09 new years and they had shut down the airport and shooting people etc etc grenades...what a load of ****! Got there walked out the airport and never herd anything of it, they would never harm a tourist as the country needs us to survive!
Make sure you go to a shopping mall called sai paragon, it absolutely blew my mind!