Austrian ambassador urges more flights between Bangkok and Vienna
The departing Austrian ambassador has asked Thailand to increase the number of direct flights between the two countries to boost tourism.
The issue was raised during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs General Tanasak Patimaprakorn and Austrian Ambassador Enno Drofenik at Government House on Friday.
Drofenik made a courtesy call on Tanasak to say goodbye on completion of his tenure in Bangkok.
The ambassador said around 100,000 Austrians visit Thailand a year but there is only one airline flying direct to and from Bangkok and Vienna, with only four flights a week.
He asked the Thai government to consider opening another direct route to accommodate more Austrian travellers.
Tanasak, meanwhile, praised Austria for providing quality education to its citizens while expressing his willingness on behalf of the Thai government to work with Austria on enhancing the Thai education system.
He told Drofenik that the Thai government was revising certain regulations to enable foreign institutions to offer vocational courses in Thailand.
