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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 Bangkok Post.

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.

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew told the meeting a balance must be struck between quarantine restrictions and permitting the economy to move ahead.

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