Taoyuan, Aug. 18 (CNA) Low-cost carrier Thai Vietjet resumed flights between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on Thursday, seeking to attract Taiwanese tourists to the popular Southeast Asian destination, a Thai official said.
To mark the relaunch of the service, Twekiat Janprajak, executive director of the Thailand Trade and Economic Office in Taipei, greeted passengers at the check-in desk for flight VZ563 to Bangkok at Taiwan’s main air hub in Taoyuan.
No quarantine is required for travelers to Thailand since July 1, and the country is ready to welcome back tourists, said the Thai official, who serves as the kingdom’s representative to Taiwan in lieu of formal diplomatic ties between the two countries.
At least 700,000-800,000 trips to Thailand were made by Taiwanese every year before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Southeast Asian country has…
