Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, today (Thursday) called on all sectors on the resort island of Phuket to help make the tourism “sandbox” pilot project a success.

 

249 tourists are scheduled to arrive in Phuket today, on flights from Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Israel. The visitors will stay in Phuket for at least 14 days, during which they will be tested for COVID-19 twice, before they can travel to other provinces.

 

The first flight, Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi, touched down at the island’s airport at 11.10am, about 50 minutes late, with 25 passengers disembarking, fewer that the 46 originally expected.

 

14 night Phuket Sandbox hotel rooms from ฿9,800

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-urges-people-in-phuket-to-work-together-to-ensure-success-of-sandbox/

 

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Looks like enough people there for a one on one with the "tourists".

Expected 300, down to expected 249….and then the first plane had 40% less people than expected.

 

it’s not a roaring success so far.

Well at least Phuket still has sand.

Unreal........

You can bet they will be working together on all the scams, overpricing and other rip-off's !

So how can Etihad make money out of flying in with 25 passengers and flying out empty and how long can that sort of thing go on before they stop flying the route ?

clitty litter in the sandbox sounds painful 

25 passengers.  Total waste of time and resources that should be going full tilt to getting the whole country vaccinated now.