Chiang Mai Airport gets ready for influx of Chinese tourists

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Chiang Mai Airport gets ready for influx of Chinese tourists
The Nation


Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, one of cultural attractions in Chiang Mai.

CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai International Airport is bracing for busy air traffic during February 17-24, thanks to an influx of Chinese tourists who are spending Chinese New Year holiday in the North of Thailand.

Visutr Chantana, the airport’s director, said that out of 65 chartered flights to land at the airport during the period, 35 will be operated by China Eastern Airlines.

The airport expects to accommodate 210,000 passengers during the period, or 26,250 on daily average, which is over 20 per cent higher than the same period last year.

Visutr said that all manpower will be fully deployed durign the period to ensure convenience and safety to passengers.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Chiang-Mai-Airport-gets-ready-for-influx-of-Chines-30254006.html


-- The Nation 2015-02-13

[clockman]

Best stay at home!

[angsta]

Poor CM.

I do hope there are enough toilet facilities for all of them??

[lee b]

I wonder if the airport will provide clothes hanging facilities so they dont have to hang there washing on the back of the chairs ??

[LivinLOS]

Poor CM.

I do hope there are enough toilet facilities for all of them??

The moat was full last time I drove past..

[slipperylobster]

Good employment news !

Hire 2o percent more toilet scrubbers......

Will also require six seats per pax for hanging underwear.

Edited February 13, 2015 by slipperylobster

[Just1Voice]

Oh, God. Just one more reason to stay home, 18klm outside of Chiang Mai, during the holiday.

[uptheos]

I guess they can start filling up the klong, so it's nicely sludged by the time Songkran comes around.

[Thailand]

I guess 98% of them will have a great time,spend a lot of baht and get no media attention whatsoever.

[blazes]

Perhaps it's just a stage of human history that all countries have to go through.

In post-war Britain, the equivalent of today's Chinese hordes would have been working-class Brits going to Butlin's holiday camps dotted around the sea coast.

Cafes in Britain often had to nail up a notice saying:

"Customers are kindly requested not to consume their own food on the premises."

[northernphil]

Poor CM.

I do hope there are enough toilet facilities for all of them??

I can see the moat level rising over CNY.

[Thailand]

Perhaps it's just a stage of human history that all countries have to go through.

In post-war Britain, the equivalent of today's Chinese hordes would have been working-class Brits going to Butlin's holiday camps dotted around the sea coast.

Cafes in Britain often had to nail up a notice saying:

"Customers are kindly requested not to consume their own food on the premises."

Our family were regulars at Butlins.

[Johnny S]

Wonder why we never hear if their tourist-expectations were correct .... oh yeah I know why we never hear ...

[WorkingTourist]

the airport’s director, said that out of 65 chartered flights to land at the airport during the period

That would be daily flights. Actually not that bad, I read that once the airport expansion is completed, it is expected to be able to handle 34 flights per hour.

Will be interesting to see if the Nimmenhaemen area remains trendy with a flight overhead every second minute…

[cmsally]

Looking at the traffic today, a lot of the Chinese bypass the airport as they are driving here! Blue and white plates everywhere.