PHUKET: The Phuket Sandbox scheme has generated over 43 billion baht in revenues, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Nanthasiri Ronnasiri, director of TAT’s Phuket office, said the number of tourists visiting the resort island has been steadily increasing. When it launched on July 1 last year, the island saw about 300 tourists a day — recently, the number of foreign arrivals hovers around 3,000 per day.
On Monday, 3,350 tourists arrived on 24 flights operated by 18 airlines, she said, bringing the number of visitors to the island to 61,202.
Throughout January, 86,282 tourists visited Phuket, she said, adding about 70,000 room reservations were made, with the average tourist staying for an average of eight days.
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