On February 1st, 2024, Thai national media reported that Mr. Kittipong Kittikachorn, the Suvarnabhumi Director of The Airports of Thailand (AoT), estimated an increasing number of tourists during the Chinese New Year Festival between 4 – 16 February 2024, would reach 2,366,940.

The number included international and domestic flights of 1,949,564 and 417,376 respectively or 32.73% higher compared to the previous Chinese New Year celebration. It was estimated that there would be 12,883 flights divided into international and domestic flights of 9,878 and 3,005 respectively or 19.99% higher compared to the previous year.

 

In response to the Thai Ministry of Transport’s policy “Convenient and Safe Transportation, Good Service Minds,” the Suvarnabhumi Director stated that Suvarnabhumi Airport prepared Chinese interpreters to support the government and airlines.

 

Furthermore, souvenir shops and restaurants use the Chinese languages of Mandarin and Cantonese to facilitate Chinese tourists across various services.

 

By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-02-02

 

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Ni Hao Ma, Xie Xie and Good bye....

 

 

The airlines here in Thailand are milking it also, this weekend Phuket to Bangkok and return upto 18,000 Baht 

Pattaya and other places are going to be full of those huge buses that ferry them Chinese around, and in Pattaya Phratamnak

hill there's that temple of a bygone era Thai prince that Chinese like offer firecrackers as some sort of appeasement

that are fired up all day and everyday resembling battlefield sound... (these sort of thing wouldn't happened in China,

only in Thailand)...

4 hours ago, webfact said:

estimated an increasing number of tourists during the Chinese New Year Festival between 4 – 16 February 2024, would reach 2,366,940.

Such vision... he should do the lottery this month