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Phuket: Tourists 60% up in December but January slowdown amid Omicron worries - Russians mostly coming


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The head of the Phuket Tourism Business Association pointed to a relatively rosy December for the holiday island but a doubtful new year as Omicron fears in Europe bite.

 

Phoomkit Raktaengaan told the business media that hotel bookings were up 60% in December.

 

80,000 foreign tourists were expected and Thai domestic tourists would swell this number to 300,000.

 

Russians in particular were coming with one flight from Moscow - a 400 seat 777 - having 397 or 398 passengers. 

 

Kazakhs were also coming in good numbers.

 

But new year booking figures showed a slowdown with British and German people in particular adopting a wait and see approach amid concerns about the Omicron virus at home and abroad.

 

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2 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

for the whole of december??

 

 

Aeroflot opens an additional (third, in addition to Fridays and Sundays) scheduled flight on the Moscow-Phuket route on Wednesdays, starting from December 29.

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8 hours ago, webfact said:

Russians in particular were coming with one flight from Moscow - a 400 seat 777 - having 397 or 398 passengers. 

Sputnik V must work better than the other vax.

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12 hours ago, Operator2002 said:

Aeroflot opens an additional (third, in addition to Fridays and Sundays) scheduled flight on the Moscow-Phuket route on Wednesdays, starting from December 29.

soon they will be running the place......

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