With tourism numbers surging, Phuket Airport is expecting a record four million passenger arrivals this year. According to data released recently in the C9 Hotelworks’ Phuket Hotel Market Update, arrivals to Asia’s leading resort destination in the first half of the year increased by 20 per cent over the same period in 2010.
Numbers are straining the handling capacity of the airport with airports of Thailand expecting 7.95 million passengers (including domestic passengers) this year, which will exceed the stated capacity by 22 per cent. A USD 164 million expansion plan that will increase handling to 12.5 million by 2014 will only start construction next year and tourism operators are increasingly concerned over mounting delays for travellers
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