The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)’s Prachuap Khiri Khan workplace plans to debate extra flights to and from Hua Hin Airport, as part of an effort to bolster tourism within the region. Currently, the airport only serves Air Asia flights between Hua Hin and Chiang Mai, however the TAT hopes to increase the airport’s attain by including more locations.
Six-figure to fulfill with airways in the coming weeks to discuss the potential of a flight between Hua Hin and Phuket, Hua Hin Today reported. The director of TAT’s Prachuap workplace, Achawan Kongkanan, introduced the plans at a gathering at the Amari Hua Hin’s Royal Coast Riviera Club on March 10.
The TAT’s assembly with airways is scheduled for later this month. It is hoped that the talks will result in a rise in flights to and from Hua Hin Airport in the near future. Phuket has seen a current leap in tourism by method of international arrivals and lodge occupancy, and the TAT hopes to capitalise on this by growing flights to and from Hua Hin.
Achawan also confirmed plans just lately announced by the Thai government regarding the introduction of entry charges for worldwide arrivals. Achawan stated a 300 baht payment would apply to travellers arriving by air, while these arriving by water and land transport can be charged one hundred fifty baht. For air passengers, the payment could be collected when buying flight tickets.
The entry payment will go in the course of offering an accident and insurance fund for foreign vacationers, while a variety of the proceeds may also go to developing tourist attractions and nationwide parks.
Air Asia lately announced that from subsequent month its flight between Hua Hin and Chiang Mai will function four times per week. From April, flights will function on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Prachuap Khiri Khan noticed a big rise within the number of vacationers visiting in 2022, with the variety of both domestic and international tourists displaying a considerable enhance.
The knowledge, released by TAT, reveals an nearly five-fold increase in the variety of tourists visiting the province in 2022, compared to the previous yr.
In 2022, 9,747,884 vacationers visited Prachuap Khiri Khan, with 9,597,432 being home tourists and one hundred fifty,452 tourists from overseas, based on TAT. This is a major increase from the 2.6 million vacationers who visited the province in 2021.
Prachuap Khiri Khan additionally received a tourism blast through the long weekend earlier this month. The province generated a income of over 548 million baht, according to TAT..