Phuket: The Phuket Tourist Association is expecting more visitors from India after an Indian budget airline yesterday began direct flights to the resort island.
Indigo Airlines is operating the new service between Delhi and Phuket six times a week, using an Airbus A320.
Phuket is the second Thai destination for the low-cost carrier, which already flies the Kolkata-Suvarnabhumi airport route.
Association vice-president Rangsiman Kingkaew said a delegation would go to India to promote Phuket as a destination for people from the subcontinent.
He expects tourist arrivals from India to grow by at least 10% by the end of this year.
Mr Rangsiman did not elaborate on the annual number of Indian visitors.
However, the Phuket Office of Tourism and Sports said Indians were among the top 10 most common tourists, with 8,431 visiting the province last month.
Overall, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry, there were 1.25 million foreign arrivals from India in the first nine months of this year, up 11% from the same period of last year.
They made up the fifth largest group of visitors from Asia -- after China, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. There were 122,940 Chinese visitors last
month, followed by 52,366 Russians and 25,125 Australians, the office said.
The new Indigo Airlines Delhi-Phuket route launched yesterday with the first flight landing at 6.40am, before the return flight departed at 7.40am.
The Airbus A320 has a seating capacity of 320, and took 180 passengers to Phuket on its first flight.
24/11/18 Achadtaya Chunniran/Bangkok Post
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Indigo Airlines is operating the new service between Delhi and Phuket six times a week, using an Airbus A320.
Phuket is the second Thai destination for the low-cost carrier, which already flies the Kolkata-Suvarnabhumi airport route.
Association vice-president Rangsiman Kingkaew said a delegation would go to India to promote Phuket as a destination for people from the subcontinent.
He expects tourist arrivals from India to grow by at least 10% by the end of this year.
Mr Rangsiman did not elaborate on the annual number of Indian visitors.
However, the Phuket Office of Tourism and Sports said Indians were among the top 10 most common tourists, with 8,431 visiting the province last month.
Overall, according to the Tourism and Sports Ministry, there were 1.25 million foreign arrivals from India in the first nine months of this year, up 11% from the same period of last year.
They made up the fifth largest group of visitors from Asia -- after China, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. There were 122,940 Chinese visitors last
month, followed by 52,366 Russians and 25,125 Australians, the office said.
The new Indigo Airlines Delhi-Phuket route launched yesterday with the first flight landing at 6.40am, before the return flight departed at 7.40am.
The Airbus A320 has a seating capacity of 320, and took 180 passengers to Phuket on its first flight.
24/11/18 Achadtaya Chunniran/Bangkok Post
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