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According to CCTV News, at around 15:00 on the afternoon of August 22, local time, a small plane that was originally scheduled to fly from Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand to Trat Province in the south crashed in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The crashed plane was carrying a total of 9 people, including 7 passengers and 2 pilots, including 5 Chinese passengers.

After the accident, about 300 staff members from relevant departments rushed to the scene to carry out rescue operations. So far, search and rescue personnel have found some human tissue and aircraft debris. Due to the rising tide, the search and rescue difficulty has increased, and the on-site rescue work is still ongoing.

According to Thai media reports, the crashed plane was a Cessna Caravan, a private plane of Soneva Kiri, a top luxury hotel in Thailand. The five Chinese passengers included three adults, one man and two women, and two teenage girls.

It is understood that Soneva Kiri is one of the most expensive hotels in the area, known for its luxury and privacy. Transferring from a private plane to a speedboat is the only way to get to this luxury hotel. According to the hotel's official website, the hotel operates two independent eight-seater Senas Caravan aircraft to and from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The transfer time from Bangkok to the hotel's airport island is about 80 minutes. Guests are then escorted to the speedboat and can reach the hotel in just 5 minutes.

According to Jimu News, a travel agency on a domestic e-commerce platform launched a 4-day, 3-night vacation package at the resort hotel. The package includes a 3-night stay in a pool suite villa, a private jet transfer to the resort, and daily special breakfast and dinner. The package price is in three tiers, ranging from 16,200 yuan to 19,700 yuan. Currently, the travel agency's online store has removed the vacation package product. In the early morning of the 23rd, another well-known domestic hotel booking platform also removed the resort hotel's related products.

Earlier this month, a special tourist project in Thailand also suffered an accident, resulting in one Chinese tourist dead and one injured. A Chinese couple was hit by a fallen tree at the suspension bridge in the zipline area of ​​Thep Sadet, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, resulting in the death of the female tourist on the spot and the injury of the male tourist.

The frequent accidents have caused Chinese tourists to doubt the safety of Thailand as a tourist destination.

Since China and Thailand mutually exempted visas in March this year, Thailand has continued to introduce favorable policies to stimulate Chinese tourists to travel to Thailand. According to official Thai data, the number of Chinese tourists to Thailand was the largest from January 1 to August 11 this year, at about 4.4 million.

However, this is still far from the level before the epidemic, so Thailand is also continuing to introduce new policies, such as promoting the "Hello Month" event in August, and a series of tourism activities for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand in 2025. However, the concerns of Chinese tourists about the safety of traveling to Thailand caused by this air crash will inevitably affect the China-Thailand tourism market.