Fantasea offering tours from Bangkok

KAMALA: Phuket Fantasea is casting its net wider in a bid to bring in more visitors, by offering a special coach tour from Bangkok. Starting June 18, the weekly “Fantasea Tour” will leave Bangkok every Friday evening, arriving in Phuket the following morning. Passengers will be taken on a tour of Phuket, ending up at Fantasea for a buffet dinner followed by a show in the Palace of the Elephants. Following the show, they will return by overnight bus to Bangkok, arriving Sunday morning. The tour, which includes three other meals and accident insurance, will cost 1,870 baht. Fantasea says it already has enough bookings for the first tour to fill 40 coaches. Phuket Fantasea can be reached at (02) 9144100-19 in Bangkok, or (076) 271222 ext 820-822 in Phuket.