Bus routes to link airports
published : 9 Jul 2024 at 07:52
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Onnucha Hutasingh
State-run bus operator Transport Co will launch bus services to three major airports run by Airports of Thailand (AoT) to allow easier travel to destinations in other provinces.
Transport Co said the company has a plan to operate interprovincial bus services from Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket airports, and set up ticketing offices at the airports.
The services are expected to start towards the end of the year.
The buses will serve mainly principal cities, tourism hotspots, and some secondary provinces, including Pattaya, Chanthaburi, Trat, Nakhon Ratchasima and Hua Hin district.
According to the company, the services will boost tourist arrivals, which in turn will increase economic activities in the provinces, which is in line with the government's goal to revitalise local economies.
The AoT suggested that Transport Co start with a bus service from Phuket airport to Khao Lak, a popular seaside area in neighbouring Phangnga.
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Vocabulary
- economy: the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region - เศรษฐกิจ
- interprovincial (adj): travelling around different provinces of the country -
- neighbouring: located or living near or next to a place or person - ติดกัน, ที่อยู่ใกล้เคียง, ที่ตั้งอยู่ใกล้เคียง
- principal: main or most important - สำคัญ เป็นหลัก
- revitalise (verb): to make something stronger, more active or more healthy - ให้ชีวิตใหม่, ให้พลังใหม่
- secondary: not the most important -
- serve: to function as; to be used as - ใช้เป็น, ทำหน้าที่เป็น
- Keywords
- airports
- bus
- feeder
- links
- interprovincial
