European operator pledges to bring in 20,000 visitors.

Byline: Achadtaya Chuenniran

Aug. 13--PHUKET -- The European tour operator Thomas Cook has pledged to bring around 20,000 international tourists from Europe to Phuket this November.

Peter Fankhauser, deputy chief executive officer of the British travel giant, said after a recent visit to Phuket that the firm would promote tourist attractions and about 70 hotel sites in Phuket as well as other Andaman provinces in its brochures at Thomas Cook outlets around the world.

From November, Thomas Cook clients will arrive in Phuket by three airline flights a week, two from Germany and one from Belgium. The estimated 20,000 visitors in the groups will be more …