PHUKET: Fifty-nine wealthy foreign tourists arrived in this southern island province on Sunday night and went into “villa quarantine” at the Sri Panwa Hotel.
The first group, of 13, arrived about 8.20pm on a chartered Garuda Airlines flight from Indonesia to Phuket international airport.
They were welcomed by deputy governor Pichet Panapong, Dr Muanprae Boonlom, director of Patong Hospital, and disease control officials.
The second group arrived on another chartered flight from Indonesia about two hours later.
Mr Pichet said the 59 tourists are from the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Finland. They had converged in…
