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Tiger Airways, a Singapore-based low cost airline, is to launch flights,
four times a week, to Thailand’s paradise resort of
Krabi
with effect from the end of October 2005.
Sales started today with fares from just S$25.98 (one way) for travel
from 30 October 2005 onwards.
This will be the airline’s fifth destination in
Thailand and represents the
eighth new destination launched by Tiger Airways during 2005, bringing the
Tiger Airways network to 11 routes.
“We are delighted to add
Krabi to our fast growing network of exciting destinations across the
Asia-Pacific region.
Krabi
has a fantastic heritage of being one of the region’s most popular tourism
centres. We are working closely with the local tourism and hospitality
industries in Thailand to ensure that the start of the popular low fares
service of Tiger Airways will have a huge impact on the number of visitors
to Krabi” said Tiger Airways CEO Tony Davis.
Ms Eumporn Jiragalwisul, Tourism Authority of Thailand Director (Singapore,
Indonesia and
Philippines), said, “The opening of this new route by Tiger Airways to
Krabi from Singapore will give a boost to the tourist industry in Krabi. It
will also raise the profile of the many tourist attractions in Krabi and
make them better known to a more international audience.”
Krabi is a southern province on Thailand’s Andaman seaboard and is well
known for its beach facilities as well as its archeological artifacts.
Evidence of Thailand’s oldest history of continued human settlements have
been found in Krabi.
It is believed that Krabi was once the town of Ban Thai Samo, one of 12
royal cities that used a monkey as the town symbol. Krabi was a dependency
town of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom.
Another legend indicates the town may have taken its name after the
meaning of Krabi, which means the sword. This may have stemmed from a legend
that says an ancient sword was unearthed prior to the city’s founding.
Later, the sword became a symbol of Krabi.
The province consists of mountains, hills, plains, and mangrove forests,
including more than 130 large and small islands.
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