Vietnam-based Vietnam Airlines, Malaysia-based Air Asia, and Thailand-based Bangkok Airways are launching new service routes, departing from secondary cities of Vietnam such as Nha Trang, Da Lat, Hai Phong, and Can Tho.

Currently, there are total 301 flights per week between Thailand and Vietnam, an increase from 288 flights in the previous year. Vietnam-based Vietjet Air will also launch a daily service from Ho Chi Minh to Pattaya’s U-Tapao airport from 23 December 2019.

According to the marketing base of Vietnamese tourists travelling abroad in 2018, approximately one million out of nine million people chose Thailand as their first tourist destination for two consecutive years since 2017.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (“TAT”) believes that additional routes between Thailand and Vietnam will increase the number of first-time visitors from Vietnam.

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