Tourists have been warned to stay away from the province of Pattani in southern Thailand after a car bomb blast killed one person and injured at least 29 others.

The explosion happened near a hotel in the area, which is popular with Western travellers.

Pictures from the scene showed the remains of a building with a fire raging inside. The nationality of those injured in the blast is not yet known.

The blast reportedly happened near the Southern Hotel in Pattani.

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A car bomb blast near a hotel in a popular Thailand resort has left one dead and 29 injured

Pictures have emerged showing the remains of the building and a fire raging inside

A Thai bomb squad are seen here inspecting the site the next day

The explosion happened outside a hotel in the province of Pattani, an area popular with Western tourists in the country's south

Australia's Foreign Affairs Department said tourists should avoid southern Thailand, including Pattani, where a low-level Islamic insurgency has simmered for decades.

'The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has long advised Australians not to travel to Thailand’s four southernmost provinces due to the high level of ongoing violence,' the department said in a statement.

Video from the scene showed men running out of a building and fire crews trying to tackle a blaze.

It comes just days after explosions hit the seaside resort of Hua Hin, killing one Thai woman and one other and wounding 21 people.

The bomb blast happened in the southern region of Pattani at about 11pm local time

Tourists have been warned not to travel to the area

A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said this is due to the high level of ongoing violence

A Thai soldier searches parked motorcycles at the site of the bombing

A large car bomb blew up outside a hotel in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern region

The twin bomb attack targeted a busy street filled with bars and restaurants. Hours later two small bombs were detonated in the beach town Patong, Phuket, another area popular with foreign tourists.

In its travel guidance, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has said there is a 'high threat' from terrorism in the country.

It has also advised against 'all but essential travel to the provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla on the Thai-Malaysia border'.

Vehicles parked outside the hotel were damaged in the blast which injured at least 29

There are reports that the blast happened near the Southern Hotel in Pattani

Debris is seen here scattered outside the site of the bombing

The remains of a car that was completely gutted by flames is pictured here

Pictures show fierce flames inside the building in the aftermath of the explosion (left) and emergency crews working at the scene (right)

In March, at least 10 bombs went off in Pattani's Yaring district, including two at bank cash dispensing machines, wounding 11 policemen.

Pattani is one of three Muslim-majority provinces in largely Buddhist Thailand, near the Malaysian border.

Resistance to central government rule has existed for decades in the area but violence picked up significantly in 2004.