Discover Thainess: Thailand Visitor Arrivals Rise 25% In Jan-May 2015

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Thailand Visitor Arrivals Rise 25% In Jan-May 2015

Visitor arrivals to Thailand totaled 12.4 million between January-May 2015, up 25 % over the exact same period of 2014, and are on track to cross the estimated 28-million estimate for the entire year.

According to the most current figures launched by the Department of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the top five source markets in January-May 2015 were China (3,273,695), Malaysia (1,397,241), Japan (575,186) Korea (546,520), and Lao PDR. (459,225).

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported that the overall arrivals of 12,448,641 were a boost of 24.72 % over January-May 2014. They produced 592.9 billion Baht in tourism earnings, up 25.13 % over the very same period.

The Ministry is projecting total earnings from tourism to strike the 2015 target of 2.2 trillion Baht, making up of 1.4 trillion Baht from international tourist and 800 billion Baht from domestic tourist.

In May alone, Thailand invited 2,309,250 tourists, a boost of 38.21 % over May 2014, and 18.79 % over May 2013. It was also the greatest monthly growth for that month, as compared to May 2014 (1,670,860), May 2013 (1,943,968), and May 2012 (1,546,888).

By region, strong development was reported in arrivals from East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and America. Just the European market showed a decline, mostly due to the fact that of the decrease in arrivals from Russia.

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Analysis of visitor expenditure in the January-May 2015 period suggested that the top spenders were Chinese travelers (156.839 billion Baht), followed by Malaysian travelers (33.092 billion Baht), Russians (29.021 billion Baht), the UK (27.949 billion Baht) and the U.S. (25.047 billion Baht).

The top-spending per trip were tourists from Israel, who invested approximately 84,995 Baht/person/trip, followed by Sweden (78,177 Baht/person/trip), Canada (78,010 Baht/person/trip), Switzerland (75,893 Baht/person/trip), and Brazil (75,533 Baht/person/trip).

It showed that the policy to better promote dispersal of visitor arrivals was also producing outcomes, thanks to the promotion of the “12 Hidden Gems” (12 provinces that travelers ought to not miss).

Of these 12 provinces, the greatest hotel occupancy rate in April 2015 was tape-recorded by Nakhon Si Thammarat (59.19 %) in South Thailand, followed by Trang, Trat, Lampang, Chumphon, Samut Songkram, Chanthaburi, Nan, Buri Ram, Ratchaburi, Phetchabun and Loei provinces. The top 3 provinces with the greatest occupancy development were Lampang, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Nan.

Buri Ram province reported the greatest tourist earnings with 3.666 billion Baht, followed by Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trat, Trang, Chumphon, Chanthaburi, Phetchabun, Loei, Lampang, Nan, Ratchaburi and Samut Songkram. The top 3 provinces with the highest development rate in tourist earnings were Lampang, Nan and Loei.

Throughout January– April 2015, the most checked out provinces were Bangkok (18,137,860), followed by Nakhon Ratchasima (5,481,327), Phuket (5,337,616), Chon Buri (4,862,017), and Chiang Mai (2,771,407).

Don’t believe it. Whenever the Tourism Authority of Thailand or any other Thai Government Organization is using numbers, there is a very, very good chance they are not telling the truth. Oh, TAT, just so yah know – Bangkok is NOT a province.