A recent collaboration between Langkawi, Malaysia-based Mahsuri Travel and Tours and Tigerline Travel in southern Thailand's Trang province to create a ferry service has seen about 3,000 local and foreign tourists visiting islands of both countries.
Since last November, the ferry service has connected the resort island of Langkawi with southern Thailand's Trang and Koh Lipe.
Bernama News Agency recently quoted Mahsuri managing director Che Isa Aji as saying the ferry service would be increasingly popular, because many Thais and foreign tourists holidaying in Phuket used it to visit Langkawi.
He said the company provided two ferries for the service, each able to carry 131 passengers. A one-way trip takes 45 minutes and costs 95 ringgit (Bt1,000) per passenger.
The first ferry leaves Kuah, Malaysia, for Trang at 9am and returns at 4pm.
About 95 per cent of the ferry passengers are non-Malaysians.
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