{"id":20346,"date":"2014-01-16T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/krabi-gets-more-flights-listed-as-new-york-times-52-places-to-go-in-2014-2\/"},"modified":"2014-01-16T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T07:34:00","slug":"krabi-gets-more-flights-listed-as-new-york-times-52-places-to-go-in-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/01\/krabi-gets-more-flights-listed-as-new-york-times-52-places-to-go-in-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Krabi gets more flights, listed as New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ao Maya, Ko Phi Phi Le\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-447021\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ao-Maya-Ko-Phi-Phi-Le-300x199.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ao-Maya-Ko-Phi-Phi-Le-300x199.jpg\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Ao Maya, Ko Phi Phi Le\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Krabi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Krabi, a beach resort destination on southern Thailand\u2019s Andaman coast, is welcoming more flights and being listed as one of the \u201c52 Places to Go in 2014\u201d by the New York Times.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik, Governor of TAT said, \u201cThe increasing number of flights through Krabi Airport, and the recent release by the New York Times that includes Krabi among the \u201c52 Places to Go in 2014\u201d, has further reaffirmed Krabi\u2019s positioning as one of the popular tourist destinations in Thailand and the world.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ko Phi Phi Don viewpoint\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-447022\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/unnamed-216-300x199.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/unnamed-216-300x199.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Ko Phi Phi Don viewpoint\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Koh Phi Phi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Krabi is welcoming more flights both from domestic and international destinations. From&nbsp;3 February, 2014, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has announced that it will introduce a direct Kuala Lumpur \u2013 Krabi service with four flights per week, according to local Malaysian&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">media reports.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">MAS\u2019 announcement came as Thai budget airline Nok Air launched a twice-daily Bangkok-Krabi service from 1 January, 2014, and Bangkok Airways\u2019 newly-introduced twice daily flights on the route from March 2013.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Meanwhile, from 25 November, 2013, low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia launched a daily direct Singapore-Krabi service and increased the frequency on the Bangkok \u2013 Krabi route to eight flights daily. The LCC also introduced a new direct daily Krabi-Chiang Mai service from 15 December, 2013.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">During the recent Christmas and New Year holiday, Krabi also welcomed charter flights from Europe. In addition, the province is attracting visitors travelling with charter flights to Phuket during the current winter high season. (Read more on:&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.tatnews.org\/phuket-to-welcome-more-flights-for-20132014-high-season\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tatnews.org\/phuket-to-welcome-more-flights-for-20132014-high-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phuket to welcome more flights for 2013\/2014 high season<\/a>).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">According to surveys by the TAT Krabi Office, accommodation at various beach destinations both on the mainland and several popular islands of Krabi are reporting an average room rate of 95 per cent during this week. Forward bookings for the coming weeks also look promising.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The positive tourism outlook for Krabi is further strengthened with the New York Times\u2019 recent release of its \u201c52 Places to Go in 2014\u201d. The list tags Krabi as \u201cA Phuket-like hideaway, but still unspoiled.\u201d (Read more on&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2014\/01\/10\/travel\/2014-places-to-go.html?hpw&amp;rref=travel&amp;_r=3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2014\/01\/10\/travel\/2014-places-to-go.html?hpw&amp;rref=travel&amp;_r=3\" target=\"_blank\">52 Places to Go in 2014<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Krabi is famous for its myriad of beautiful beaches and islands, particularly Ko Phi Phi and Ko Lanta, and limestone cliffs that draw rock-climbing enthusiasts from around the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">From Bangkok, the flight time to Krabi is 1 hour 20 minutes. From Phuket, the travelling time by car is just under 2 hours and by boat is about 45 minutes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Other airlines operating through Krabi Airport include Thai Airways International and THAI Smile Airlines from Bangkok and Tigerair from Singapore.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krabi Krabi, a beach resort destination on southern Thailand\u2019s Andaman coast, is welcoming more flights and being listed as one of the \u201c52 Places to Go in 2014\u201d by the New York Times. Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik, Governor of TAT said, \u201cThe increasing number of flights through Krabi Airport, and the recent release by the New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}