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Thai Smile flights hoped to spark tourism boost for Phuket
Thai Smile flights hoped to spark tourism boost for Phuket
PHUKET: Thai Smile, the domestic carrier operated by THAI Airways International, will increase its number of flights to Phuket in the New Year in the hope that other airlines will follow, leading to cheaper airfares to Phuket.
Wednesday 16 December 2020, 01:11PM
Phuket Governor Narong Woonchiew announced the news during a press conference broadcast live online this morning (Dec 16). Image: Screenshot / PR Phuket
Phuket Governor Narong Woonchiew announced the news during a press conference broadcast live online this morning (Dec 16).
Governor Narong admitted that despite the multitude of domestic tourism campaigns currently underway, the number of Thai tourists coming to Phuket has fallen far short of enough to help support Phuket’s devastated tourism industry.
Cheap flights call to beat Phuket slump
Cheap flights call to beat Phuket slump
BANGKOK: Phuket’s tourism slump could be reversed if tickets on domestic flights are made cheaper and enough direct international flights to the resort island are reinstated, a meeting in Bangkok was told yesterday (Dec 14).
Tourism to Phuket needs a boost, says Governor Narong Woonciew. Image: Post Today
Tourism stagnation in Phuket caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was the subject of a meeting between stakeholders at Thai Airways International (THAI) head office in Bangkok, reports the
Top officials and leading executives of the Phuket provincial office, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Department of Consular Affairs (DCA), the Phuket Tourist Association (PTA), THAI, and THAI Smile Airways took part.