Phuket International Airport saw a 22% increase in passenger arrivals to 3.5 million in 2010 over 2009 as direct flights from China, Australia, Russia and the Middle East boosted numbers.
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Phuket tourist arrivals way up
Phuket is leading the charge as tourist arrivals into Thailand climb out of the 2009 doldrums.
Read the rest of this entry »Phuket resorts score in World Travel Awards
The Indigo Pearl Resort and the Dusit Laguna Resort have both scored awards in the annual “Oscars of the travel world” – the World Travel Awards.
Read the rest of this entry »Air Bagan to start flights from Myanmar to Phuket
Air Bagan, Myanmar’s largest independent airline in terms of the number of aircraft, is to begin flights between the capital of Myanmar, Yangon, and Phuket.
Read the rest of this entry »Green light for B5.8bn Phuket Airport expansion
Phuket International Airport 5.8-billion-baht (US$175 million) plan to increase the airport’s capacity to 12.5 million passengers by 2018.
Read the rest of this entry »AirAsia launches flights from Jakarta and Medan to Phuket
AirAsia has announced special low fares for the launch of its flights from Jakarta and Medan in Indonesia, direct to Phuket.
Read the rest of this entry »Jetstar adds Sydney-Phuket flights, revives Singapore route
Jetstar will up its Sydney-Phuket frequency to five flights a week from mid-December, and at the same time will revive its Singapore-Phuket service.
Read the rest of this entry »AirAsia daily flights from Phuket to Hong Kong and Jakarta in November
Thai AirAsia has been giving more details of its plans for its new regional hub in Phuket, starting with direct flights to Hong Kong and Jakarta.
Read the rest of this entry »Seriously good travel deals in Phuket
Budget airlines seem to have spotted something that surprisingly few others have: that holidays in Phuket are really cheap at the moment.
Read the rest of this entry »Virtually walking around Phuket
Most people will have heard of Google Street View by now, with its camera cars clicking their way down streets in the States and the UK, and its special face-blurring software, turning whole populations into Play-Doh people.
Google Street View doesn’t cover Phuket, and its probably going to be a while until it does. But someone else is already here. It’s called MapJack.
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