Chinese tourists wear masks as they arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, in this Jan 22, 2020 file photo. [Photo/Agencies]
BANGKOK, Oct 13 (China Daily/ANN) - Despite postponements of tourist arrivals, Thailand hopes visitors from China will help kick-start its battered tourism sector, which has been decimated by travel bans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The immediate reason for optimism in the Thai tourism sector is a special charter flight that will take 150 Chinese tourists from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to the Thai resort island of Phuket after Oct 25, instead of Oct 8 as originally scheduled.
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