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The TAT designed the December 10-14 trip in line with the themes, "Phuket and Beyond" and "Family Destination. The itinerary was packaged to showcase the broad range of fabulous tourism products and services both in Phuket as well as surrounding provinces. In addition to the media from various print publications and TV stations, the TAT hosted five guests of honour: Mr. Warawudh Chuwiruch, Ambassador, Royal Thai Embassy, UAE, and his wife; Brigadier Obaid Mehayer Bin Suroor, Deputy Director of Dubai Immigration, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs - Dubai (DNRD); Mr. Khalid Bin Touq, Executive Director Licensing & Classification Section, Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), and Mr. Salem Obaidalla, Senior Vice President, Far East & Australia, Emirates Airlines. A press conference and lunch was held at Indigo Pearl Phuket. Phuket will become the 15th route launch for the airline this year and the second in South East Asia after Ho Chi Minh City in June. According to Mr. Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airlines, "We have been operating flights to Bangkok since 1990. We currently operate four daily flights between Dubai and Bangkok, including one with our ultra-modern Airbus A380 aircraft. We are confident that Phuket will prove a popular destination for our passengers, especially those from the UAE, Middle East and Europe." Emirates Holidays, the airline's tour operating arm, offers tailor-made holidays to Phuket, that include a hand-picked selection of five, four and three-star hotels. Its annual brochure, A World of Choice, highlights many of Phuket's attractions from lush vistas and the turquoise waters of its sandy western shoreline, to cultural landmarks such as Chalong Temple and old Phuket Town. Often dubbed as the Pearl of the Andaman, Phuket has become Thailand's second most important direct-access gateway with a total of 56,673 domestic and international flights in 2011. In 2011, the island attracted over 9 million domestic and international visitors, ...