Patong Carnival aims to draw 20,000 visitors

More than 20,000 people are expected to join the festivities for the Patong Carnival this year, which gets underway on November 1.
The three-day event will maintain its traditional full schedule of entertainment, displays and activities people to take part in, Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup told a press conference last weekend.
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“But for first time we the Patong Carnival and the Patong Seafood Festival …
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Phuket International Airport celebrates 27th anniversary

Phuket International Airport celebrated its 27th anniversary yesterday (Oct 9), as it prepares to become the gateway to the Andaman once the expansion project is complete.
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Director of Phuket International Airport, Monreudee Kaidpan said, “From October 2014 to September 2015 the airport has serviced 12.53 million passengers., even though it wasn’t built to handle that number.
“The airport was originally built to handle 6.5 million …
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Thailand: More long weekends

The Thai cabinet approved, Tuesday, two extra government holidays in mid-2016 to allow residents to enjoy two long holiday weekends and boost domestic tourism.
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According to the Cabinet’s meeting report, it approved Friday 6 May and Monday 18 July as extra holidays next year.
Since Coronation Day in 2016 falls on 5 May, which is a Thursday, the Cabinet approved a Ministry of …
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China’s golden week adds thousands tourists to Thailand

Deputy Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Srisuda Wanapinyosak has revealed that the TAT is expecting Chinese tourists visiting Thailand during 1-7 October 2015 to be as high as 160,000 persons, a 40 percent increase compared to the previous year.
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She points that the forecasted influx of Chinese tourist during this period will circulate up to 4.3 billion baht to Thailand’s economy.
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Spirits and the sword

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival returns in mid-October with locals observing nine days of purification in homage to the gods.
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Set in Phuket’s old town, way beyond the province’s white sand beaches and the throbbing bar scenes of Patong and Bangla, the Vegetarian Festival gets underway on October 13 for a nine-day ritual of purification and atonement. It’s an intimate and largely local affair …
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AirAsia expands international links from Pattaya

AirAsia will continue its international expansion from Pattaya‘s U-Tapao Airport in November 2015, with the launch of new direct services to Macau and Singapore.
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Following the launch of its inaugural international routes from U-Tapao, which commenced this month to the Chinese cities of Nanning and Nanchang, Thai AirAsia has now confirmed that it will start linking Pattaya with Macau and Singapore from 27 November.
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Thailand says Russian tourists will bounce back with the help of Utapao airport development

Russia is Thailand’s largest source of visitor arrivals from Europe. It is also one of six countries that contributes more than one million annual arrivals, and one of only two countries that generates more female visitors than males.
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Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, H.E. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, speaking at the OTDYKH-Leisure show held recently in Moscow, expressed her confidence that arrivals from Russia, will …
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Experts place high-end Chinese tourists in Phuket’s sights

Businesses ignoring the burgeoning Chinese tourist market do so at their own peril, warned experts at the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) Phuket chapter special seminar at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa last week.
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“Phuket tourism has to adjust to ‘the new normal’ and not wait for things to go back to the way they were before. It’s no longer just the …
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Thailand expects Russian tourism rebound

Thailand said it expects that visitor arrivals from Russia will rebound in the coming months and years, following a recent downturn caused by the country’s economic woes.
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently took part in the International Russian Travel Market-Leisure (OTDYKH-Leisure) trade show, where 14 Thai hotels, tour operators and travel companies were represented at the Thai Pavilion.
Russian visitor arrivals to Thailand …
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Emirates increases Phuket service to a double daily

Emirates on Friday announced double daily flights between Dubai and Phuket, starting on December 1.
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The airline says that the decision has been taken in response to high customer demand, in particular during the peak winter travel season. New flights will double current capacity and ensure better connections for travellers from cities in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East, via the airline’s Dubai …
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