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Chiang Mai on Friday welcomed the first foreign tourists as part of its 'Charming Chiang Mai' reopening program.

 

83 tourists arrived on a Jeju Air flight from South Korea's Incheon airport.

 

The flight touched down in Chiang Mai at 10.05pm.

 

A number of senior officials, including deputy governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Thanet Phetsuwan and deputy Chiang Mai governor Ratthaphon Naradisorn were at the airport to welcome the tourists.

 

 

The tourists had their temperatures taken and went through all the required checks and procedures needed for anyone visiting Thailand currently.

 

The tourists were the then given welcome gifts from TAT before being transferred to their hotels. 

 

It is understood the 83 tourists were predominantly golfers who had come to play golf in Chiang Mai and Lamphun.

 

A total of 1,000 tourists from South Korea are expected to travel to Chiang Mai on special charter flights to play golf between now and mid December, Mr Thanet said. 

 

 

 

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Wow.. a whole 83 of them.. how they going to manage to take care of so many of them i wonder?...

23 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Wow.. a whole 83 of them.. how they going to manage to take care of so many of them i wonder?...

 

C'mon now, even dwarfs started out small.

So, 14 groups of 6 to get stuck behind at Artitaya, Inthanon and the Gassan Courses.

Guessing the prices will have leapt up accordingly.

Impressive result.....plus it looks like that chappie arriving with the golf clubs is going to spend money on golf courses, carts and caddies. The reset is real....don't believe the naysayers. 83 is a goos start.....it's only the 7th today.

Pre booked Course fees all day on the course meal and drinks included in the price bed by 10 pm back on the course by 7 am .great holiday and a big spending spree 

So, now we are bowing our necks of, and making wai´s as pros. When they had a lot of foreigners visiting and staying in Thaialnd, they made it as hard as possible to remain in the country. See, once again, what goes around, comes around.

The photograpth says it all . Thailand can only attract the wealthy traveler at the moment due to the high cost .

South Koreans who want to play golf need to travel . One very cold place and not suitable for golf in the winter months  .

South Korea experience wind from Siberia . I have never been so cold in my life in my short stay in Seoul.

4 hours ago, AwwYesNice1 said:

 

C'mon now, even dwarfs started out small.

Is the dwarf in that guys suitcase?

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Impressive result.....plus it looks like that chappie arriving with the golf clubs is going to spend money on golf courses, carts and caddies. The reset is real....don't believe the naysayers. 83 is a goos start.....it's only the 7th today.

They are mainly blokes being reunited with their wives after the C19 lockout....????

How many more are backed up while waiting for their Thailand Pass QR code?

On 11/7/2021 at 3:58 PM, ezzra said:

Wow.. a whole 83 of them.. how they going to manage to take care of so many of them i wonder?...

Hotels won’t cope, Tuk Tuks will just manage 

Artitya gold resort is fully booked by Koreans for a month which means I can't play there. Never mind, there are plenty of other golf courses. Problem is, they will be staying at Artitya resort and spending money mostly there and other golf courses, but nothing into the "local" economy.