Tourists from Japan are few and much between in Thailand. It’s not that Japanese tourists don’t wish to come, they simply can’t discover plane tickets as a result of the Thais have booked all of them up, in accordance with the Director of the Thai Travel Service Association (TTSA) Jarivat Wongsomsri.
There merely are not sufficient flights available to facilitate rising post-pandemic tourism between the 2 nations. Currently, flight availability between Japan and Thailand is just 40% of pre-pandemic ranges.
Thais are plucking up the braveness to travel once more after the pandemic and Japan is a gorgeous vacation spot. Last month, Japan launched visa-free entry for eligible countries, together with Thailand. What’s more, the Japanese Yen has weakened in opposition to the baht.
Despite the value of package deal holidays to Japan capturing up 80%-100%, Thais have snapped up tickets like hotcakes. All bundle deals are sold out till the tip of the yr, so Thais wishing to travel to Japan should wait till 2023, stated Jarivat.
East Asian Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Chuwit Sirivejkul revealed that from January – October this yr, Thailand welcomed 230,000 – 240,000 tourists from Japan.
The TAT’s goal is for 350,000 tourists from Japan to enter Thailand before the top of the year. Chuwit mentioned he has been working with brokers in Japan to design packages for the dominion which are attractive to Japanese vacationers.
However, the TAT is anxious their goal is out of attain since Japanese vacationers are complaining they can’t find aircraft tickets.
In July, budget airline Thai Vietjet commenced companies between Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and Fukuoka Airport, on the north shore of Japan’s Kyushu island. It is the airline’s solely service linking Thailand and Japan.
Fully refundable increased the frequency between Bangkok and Fukuoka from three to 4 instances per week to fulfill rising demand. However, demand kept rising, so frequency was increased once more in September to five instances per week..