Thailand’s domestic air travel hit hard by COVID-19
Figures drawn from 20 airports across Thailand showed that domestic air travel plunged since the start of the year due to COVID-19, announced the Department of Airports (DoA).
Bangkok (VNA)💙 – Figures drawnfrom 20 airports across Thailand showed that domestic air travel plunged sincethe start of the year due to COVID-19, announced the Department of Airports(DoA).
In Thailand, both domestic andinternational fights last year dropped 55 percent to 464,944, from 1.04 millionin the year before. Domestic passengers passing through the 20airports also dropped by 60 percent from an average 30,000 a day before the NewYear to 12,000. Before the long New Year holiday, 160flights operated into and out of the airports on average each day. After theholiday, flights were down 40 percent to 100 per day on average. Meanwhile, Thai Minister of Tourism andSports Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn on January 11 said he had proposed a plan toallow foreigners to quarantine in some of the country's many golf resorts. The ministry is discussing with the Ministryof Public Health and the country's COVID-19 taskforce to offer hotel and golfquarantine for tourists with medical certificates, he said. Foreign tourists would be able to spend atwo-week quarantine period at a specified resort and move around in the hotelarea and also play golf, rather than just isolating in their rooms, he added. The plan, which is subject to the approvalof the cabinet, comes as the Southeast Asian country is grappling with a secondwave of coronavirus infections. Thailand has so far reported more than10,500 COVID-19 infections and 67 deaths./.
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