Travel

Airport of Thailand records traffic surge

Six airports under Airport of Thailand’s management delivered positive performances for both aircraft movements and passenger traffic in September with just a slight drop in domestic passenger traffic at Phuket International Airport.

Published

8 years ago

October 19, 2012

Bui Dung

Total aircraft movements at the six airports in September improved by 10.93% from 35,830 aircraft movements to 39,747, while passenger traffic also increased by 8.98% from 5,165,499 to 5,629,117.At Thailand’s main gateway, Suvarnabhumi Airport reported positive performances in September.

International aircraft movements were up 6.62% from 17,776 to 18,952 and domestic movements increased 14.91% from 5,694 to 6,543 when compared to the same month last year.International passenger traffic improved 7.31% from 2,956,650 to 3,172,790 while domestic traffic increased 12.87% from 773,188 to 872,685.

via AoT airports perform well : TTR Weekly.

Tourism

Thais encouraged to travel more to help stimulate economy

The Thai government has launched many stimulus campaigns to revive the domestic economy, particularly in the heavily-hit tourism industry.

Published

2 months ago

November 11, 2020

National News Bureau of Thailand

BANGKOK (NNT) – With more public holidays coming up in November and December, the government is encouraging people to travel to different parts of the country and use the government’s spending stimulus measures.

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Travel

Foreign embassies in Thailand issue travel alerts

Several foreign embassies in Thailand have issued alerts to inform their citizens of political gatherings this weekend, including the U.S, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.

Published

2 months ago

October 19, 2020

Olivier Languepin

Foreign embassies in Thailand issue travel alerts

Several foreign embassies in Thailand have issued alerts to inform their citizens of political gatherings this weekend.

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Tourism

Thailand seeks shorter quarantine period to attract more foreign tourists

The Public Health Ministry has proposed that the mandatory quarantine period for tourists be reduced from 14, to 10 or 7 days, according to the risk level of each country.