Social media was awash with comments this week from local travellers bemoaning the high price of airfares to Phuket.
One contributor revealed that airfares offered by low-cost carriers from Bangkok to the Andaman island spiked to around 14,000 baht per trip 2-3 days before the planned departure date, while others said they paid 5,000 baht for a one-way trip to the island despite booking weeks ahead of their scheduled date of travel.
Suksit Suvunditkul, president of the southern chapter of the Thai Hotels Association (THA),…
