Those figures include sales from duty- and tax-free stores in three other airports in the country and the duty-free shopping complex in the middle of Bangkok being constructed as a complement to the new airport space (where, without an impending flight or carry-on baggage, shoppers can spend more relaxed time buying duty-free goods, which King Power will have waiting for them at check-in).
But given all the wishes we heard for faster travel, from "effective baggage handling" to "travel at supersonic speeds, " once we have somewhere to visit in outer space, we think travelers would rather just use their teleportation machines.