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Thailand launches Bangkok – Phu Quoc flight route

Bangkok Airways recently launched a direct flight between Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and Phu Quoc International Airport in Vietnam’s Kien Giang province.
Thailand launches Bangkok – Phu Quoc flight route ảnh 1A view of Phu Quoc issland in Kien Giang (Photo: VNA)

Bangkok (VNA) - BangkokAirways recently launched a direct flight between Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi airportin Bangkok and Phu Quoc International Airport in Vietnam’s Kien Giang province.

The launch ceremony on October 3 was attended byVietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Hai Bang and Bangkok Airways PresidentPuttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, among others.

The Vietnamese Ambassador highlighted the tourismpotential of Phu Quoc, with the island designated a special economic zone.

The flight route will not only boost tourism, but alsofacilitate trade links and investment in the Mekong Delta province of KienGiang.

For his part, the Bangkok Airways President hailed thebeauty of Phu Quoc, saying it’s Bangkok Airways second destination in Vietnam,following the central city of Da Nang.

The airway’s first flight to Phu Quoc will depart on October29, he added.

Known as a tourism paradise, Phu Quoc is endowed withlong, white-sand beaches and clear waters, while numerous high-end facilitieshave been developed to serve tourists.

In the first seven months this year, Phu Quoc receivednearly 1.2 million tourists, accounting for 87.5 percent of the target set for2017, including 200,000 domestic visitors.-VNA
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