By Goongnang Suksawat

Phuket-In total 182 Chinese tourists arrived at the Phuket International Airport on Wednesday (January 18th), 2023.

 

The first group of Chinese tourists landed at the airport at 6:30 P.M. in a direct flight from Spring Airlines from Shanghai to Phuket.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/01/18/phuket-welcomes-first-direct-chinese-flight-of-tourists-in-almost-three-years/

 

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Considering that parts of China are running 90% Covid infection rates, and Thailand refuses to run any sort of screening, due to pressure from Master Xi, this could get very interesting. 

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Master Xi,

Emperor Xi............................please!

I wondering which Chinese came on the 9th than....There was so much publicity of Chinese coming after the lockdown and today the first direct plane???

My welcome to them is to spit on them. No bat eating commies needed here.

Interesting photo - some Chinese without face masks and arriving from "hot spot" Shanghai!!

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I wondering which Chinese came on the 9th than....There was so much publicity of Chinese coming after the lockdown and today the first direct plane???

Well there must have been some Chinese coming into the country earlier than this pic, mainly because I've encountered them in a couple of shops/supermarkets and I was not over enamoured to see them here, mainly because I don't like the lower class ignorant ones and also because none of them were wearing masks!

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Well there must have been some Chinese coming into the country earlier than this pic, mainly because I've encountered them in a couple of shops/supermarkets and I was not over enamoured to see them here, mainly because I don't like the lower class ignorant ones and also because none of them were wearing masks!

I foresee this as a huge health issue.  And it will not take long before it manifests its presence. The Gov will be in full panic mode. I hope not ..... but ....

14 hours ago, 2baht said:

Emperor Xi............................please!

Emperor, Master, Lord, Boss. It is all the same to the highly sycophantic, so called Thai leadership. Bow down to our power! 

14 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I wondering which Chinese came on the 9th than....There was so much publicity of Chinese coming after the lockdown and today the first direct plane???

This was the first direct flight to phuket, the 9th was the first to come to Thailand 

I was reading about how bad covid has been lately in China.

 

I see Thailand has not disappointed us once again with welcoming this nation back with open arms.

 

I hope I am wrong but I was happy to see the country slowly getting back on its feet and now I fear this might be what knocks it back down again.