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THE price for a tour package to Thailand would hit a record new low of 1,999 yuan (US$242) Friday, partly because of free visa fee and discounted airfares, the Yangcheng Evening News reported.
A travel agency is offering a five-day tour to Bangkok and Phuket, a famous island in Thailand, at 1,999 yuan before July 12.
Chinese tourists to Thailand would be exempted from a visa fee between July and September, which was approximately 200 yuan per person, said Zheng Nianjun, vice general manager of an international travel agency in Guangzhou.
From July 15, the air route from Hong Kong to Phuket, which was closed in May, will be reopened and airline companies will offer a 50 percent discount.
A travel agency official said a tour package to Thailand in July would be at least 1,000 yuan cheaper than last year.
For example, a five-day tour to Phuket, including four-star hotels, would cost only 2,400 per person, 1,300 yuan cheaper than last year,?± the official said.
The price for another five-day Phuket tour package has been reduced from 4,000 yuan last year to 2,700 yuan this year.
The low-price tour packages are to attract Chinese travelers to Thailand during the summer vacation in a bid to revive the country's travel industry, which was hard hit by the tsunami last year.
Phuket's tourist bureau said there had been an 80 percent decrease in tourists visiting the island after the disaster.
Editor: Yan
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