Inside incredible $9billion ‘aviation megacity’ for 75million passengers a year with gardens, leisure venues and hotels

A FUTURISTIC aviation city with lush gardens, hotels and entertainment complexes will start taking shape this year.

Construction could begin in weeks after Thailand‘s government approved a $9billion masterplan to attract millions more tourists.

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The ambitious scheme will transform U-Tapao airport, near Pattaya on the Gulf of Thailand.

The Vietnam-war era airport currently sees only a handful of flights a day.

But planners see it as an alternative gateway to Bangkok, 100 miles north, and hope for an influx of visitors.

The expanded hub will be able to handle up to 75million passengers a year, and will be linked by high speed rail to Bangkok’s two other airports,…