A total of 229 foreign tourists arrived on Edelweiss Airlines Flight WK050 from Zurich, touching down at 8am, reported AoT Phuket.
Present to welcome the tourists at Gate 11 of the international terminal were staff from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket Office and airline staff.
Edelweiss Airlines will operate eight more direct flights from Zurich to Phuket this month, with another nine flights next month and again thereafter through May next year.
Under the Test & Go tourist-arrival scheme, which comes into effect today (Nov 1), the tourists must spend one night at a SHA+ accommodation venue while waiting for their RT-PCR COVID test results.
If they test negative, they will be free to travel anywhere in Thailand for the duration of their stay.
See also:
Test & Go ‘no quarantine’ countries expanded from 46 to 63 (click here)