Nok Air to fly from Chiang Mai to Hat Yai

Nok Air is to link Chiang Mai and Hat Yai with a new daily jet service to exploit a travel market opportunity overlooked by other airlines.

The budget carrier will become the first airline to provide a non-stop scheduled service between the northern and southern cities.

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The Loy Krathong festival’s ambience in Hat Yai today is lively, with Bt30 million revenue is expected to circulate

Hat Yai’s 10-day vegetarian festival later this month will generate at least Bt100 million – from visitors around Thailand and from neighbouring countries, according to a leading hotelier in the business community here, Thai News Agency reported.

Travel from Malaysia to Thailand recorded year-on-year improvement for the first time since the car bomb incident in Hat Yai, 31 March, according to the latest tourism report released by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

Nok Air will link Chiang Mai in the North and Hat Yai in the South from 1 January 2013 doubling the available capacity on the route.

The inaugural flight of Firefly Airline to Hat Yai International Airport bringing 90 tourists from Malaysia’s Subang Airport in Subang, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, was warmly welcomed on Friday by Hat Yai residents.

The Amazing Thailand Grand Sale 2012” will add to Thailand’s reputation as a world-renowned shoppers’ paradise, with discounts of 10 to 80% at more than 15,000 participating stores and services in popular tourist destinations including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Hua Hin, Pattaya, and Koh Samui.

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ data on tourist arrivals for April indicated a car bomb in Hat Yai, 31 March, stripped arrivals from Malaysia usually Thailand’s top source market.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has joined together with the public and private sectors in Songkran to roll out the “Hat Yai 5 Surprises in 5 Weeks” campaign to stimulate the local tourism sector.