Academics suggest AOT to liberalise duty free business

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Academics suggest AOT to liberalise duty free business 

By Thai PBS

 

 

The state-owned Airports of Thailand (AOT) needs to liberalise its duty free business at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports when the existing concession contracts awarded to King Power Group are to expire in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

 

The suggestion for AOT to liberalise duty free shop business was made by academics when they debated duty free shop business now monopolised by King Power Group after it was awarded concession contracts to operate duty free shop business by AOT at three airports–Phuket, Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang–and downtown since 2005.

 

They said liberlisation of duty free business from the existing concession contract to sole operator, to multiple concessions based on category and location, will generate more revenues to the state, and enable competitiveness of  Thai airports to other airports in the region such as Incheon airport in South Korea.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/academics-suggest-aot-liberalise-duty-free-business/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-03-09

[JoePai]

Yes please - and none too soon !

 

[yellowboat]

17 hours ago, JoePai said:

Yes please - and none too soon !

 

Do not even bother looking at duty free in Thailand.  The prices are not appealing at all.  You are right they do need to do something. 

 

Was walking through the Taipei Airport and saw some Monte Blanc pens.  Noticed they seemed to be cheap.  I asked if they were real.  The sales person said yes and they were the cheapest place in Taiwan to buy Monte Blanc pens.  

Edited March 10, 2018 by yellowboat

[Langsuan Man]

Only in Thailand is it thought that monopolies are good things

 

And King Power is a monopoly and exists because of the endemic corruption in this country