rooster59 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Phuket airport braces for Chinese New Year Planes were touching down at Phuket International Airport every five to 10 minutes this morning (Feb 2). Image: AoT PHUKET: Phuket International Airport is expected to receive more than half a million arrivals in the next 10 days as Phuket becomes a focal point for Chinese New Year celebrations, which get underway on Tuesday (Feb 5). The total number of booked seats on planes arriving in Phuket from today (Feb 2) through to Feb 10 stands at 637,558, said Thanee Chuangchoo, General Manager of Phuket International Airport. “International passengers account for 387,799, or about about 60%, of the bookings so far,” he said. “The remaining 249,759 are domestic passenger bookings,” he added. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-airport-braces-for-chinese-new-year-70258.php#PohUxeQhyvvA87VP.97 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-02-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaeng Mak Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Ahhh. That explains it. I knew I could hear whimpering last night. Coming from ponds over at the neighboring prawn farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j8k Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 oh lordy! hope they stay away from cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangx Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I'll only believe when I see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon7854 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Don't know about the New Year but I just come from Phuket and I have never seen so many Chinese at once in the last 2 weeks (typical Chinese termites travelling with their entire 2 or 3 generation families) . Patong was absolutely crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 How many will go home in one piece or go home at all can we see those stats in a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_lob Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 This will help the TAT inflate their annual tourist arrival figures....i am guessing 22 billion next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Perhaps, future "high seasons and low seasons" will be judged by the amount of moon cake sold. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Oh boy, tomorrow is red Fanta day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 16 hours ago, fullcave said: Oh boy, tomorrow is red Fanta day! Red everything day. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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