Thailand’s first reduced quarantine tourists arrive in Phuket

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Photo: AoT Phuket

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: The first tourists to arrive in Phuket under the reduced mandatory quarantine introduced on Thursday landed at Phuket International Airport just after 6:30am today (Apr 3).

 

Passengers on board the Thai Airways flight TG921 Airbus A359 direct flight from Frankfurt were welcomed to Phuket by senior airport management then escorted to the clearing procedures to be allowed onto the island.

 

The arrivals are being heralded as the first sign of hope of tourists returning to Phuket. Non Klintha, Executive Vice President of Thai Airways International, earlier this week revealed that the airline is opening two direct flights from Frankfurt to Phuket in April and May.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/thailand-first-reduced-quarantine-tourists-arrive-in-phuket-79553.php

 

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[keith101]

Not a single mention of how many were on the flight , so in my mind not many otherwise they would have been bragging about it .

[mooseman]

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Not a single mention of how many were on the flight , so in my mind not many otherwise they would have been bragging about it .

I think it was 5 or 7, most jumped of in Bkk according to Bangkok post

[MasterBaker]

it's a whole 100,000 of them, don't you see?

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

Not a single mention of how many were on the flight , so in my mind not many otherwise they would have been bragging about it .

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

Not a single mention of how many were on the flight , so in my mind not many otherwise they would have been bragging about it .

From the pictures in the Phuketnews article really looks like a "manageable number" ???? More staff than passengers.

 

1 hour ago, mooseman said:

I think it was 5 or 7, most jumped of in Bkk according to Bangkok post

Means they kept seated in Phuket and continue to Bangkok.

 

I still doubt that this these are "normal/2 weeks" tourists.

More like long stay/residents.

[Albert Zweistein]

How did manage TA to raise funds for the purchase of fuel ?

[KhunBENQ]

21 hours ago, keith101 said:

Not a single mention of how many were on the flight , so in my mind not many otherwise they would have been bragging about it .

Following an article in a Thai source (prachachat.net) it was 16(!) passengers for Phuket.

Google translate:

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On April 3, 2021, Matichon reported that in the morning Thai Airways fleet, flight TG921 from Frankfurt-Phuket Has brought a total of 16 foreign passengers, most of whom are businessmen.

 

[pj123]

The new rules from 1 July that allow tourists to avoid quarantine in Phuket. I guess this only works for tourists who arrive on direct international flights into Phuket. In the past, what percentage of foreign tourists arrived on direct international flights?