Airports of Thailand (AoT) is saying that it is ready to welcome international tourists under the Phuket sandbox tourism scheme, while revealing that air traffic at six of its airports dropped by 71% in the last fiscal year to the Covid-19 pandemic.
These comprise Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Luang–Chiang Rai, and Hat Yai international airports.
Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, president of AoT, said the number of passengers dropped by 71.5%, or 18.33 million, with only 206,000 flights, or 51.6%, in the last fiscal year (October–May) compared to the previous fiscal year, when there were about 64.20 million passengers and 425,800 flights.
Nevertheless, he said AoT is ready to welcome international visitors…
