*The Phuket Governor visited Japan to appeal Phuket has revived

Udomsak Usawarangkura, the governor of Phuket, who visited Japan to attend "Sawasdee Phuket" event hosted by Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said at a news conference, "My visiting to Japan this time is to send Japanese a message that Phuket has already revived," particularly emphasizing that the resort island is well-organized to welcome tourists during this coming peak season, hasdeveloped early warning system against Tsunami and has completed world-class medical system.

This Week Headline
*The Phuket Governor visited Japan to appeal Phuket has revived
+TAT is confident that Japanese will absolutely come back to Phuket
*The largest interest of baby boomers after retirement is travel
*Reduction of Japanese travelers to China and Korea was still serious
+Saipan continuously decreased Japanese visitors
*Overseas travel transactions were down for the first time since last December
*Additional Haneda-Kimpo charters carried 95% more passengers in August
*ANA partially changes its winter international flight schedule
*JAL will double charter flights for Alaska this winter
*JAL air transport result for July 2005