speaking from , but tourists were stranded in both . The People 's Alliance for Democracy , which is leading the protests , said it will not end its occupation of the airports until the prime minister resigns . They accuse his government of being a front for ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . Ongoing protests caused authorities to cancel all incoming and outgoing flights at the main hub , Suvarnabhumi International Airport , which handles 60,000 incoming passengers daily , an assistant to airport director Serirat Prasutanond told CNN . Pro- and anti-government protesters also exchanged gunfire Tuesday , a Thai police official said . Protesters with golf clubs and long wooden sticks clashed with airport taxi drivers , with each side throwing objects at the other . Watch what 's causing the protests '' Protesters blockaded people trying to get to one of the airports . They directed travelers to exit onto the access roads . See more photos '' `` I 'm trying to get out of this place , but I 'm stuck , '' iReporter Arjan Sing , who was on a two-week vacation to India and stopped in Bangkok to visit a friend
BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After 17 hours , Kerri Gannon and her husband were still stranded in an airport in Bangkok , Thailand , Wednesday , trying to find a way home to the United States after the facility was occupied by crowds of protesters and closed . Anti-government protesters gather in front of Bangkok 's Suvarnabhumi airport early Wednesday . The newly married husband and wife , in Thailand for their honeymoon , were struggling to find a way home to California after explosions at two Bangkok airports wounded four people and both airports were shut down . The day before , thousands of anti-government protesters stormed the airports to protest the return of Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from an economic summit in Peru . `` The upper level outside is really crowded with protesters and for the most part they 're kind of quiet and polite , '' Gannon said from the airport . `` They 're roaming the airport , they 're cheering and clapping and walking around , but it 's clearly their domain . '' Watch protesters clash '' It was not clear which of the two occupied airports she was