International passenger arrivals to Bangkok Airports decreased by 8% in May and International arrivals to Phuket increased by 62% The Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited has announced the air transport statistics for May 2010. “The results are not as bad as many expected with Bangkok’s international disembarkations only down 8% on May 2009 while [...]
International passenger arrivals to Bangkok airports decreased by 0.6% in April while international arrivals to Phuket increased by 41.4% According to statistics collected by CB Richard Ellis from Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT), the total number of disembarking international passengers at all AOT managed airports in April 2010 was 1,318,606 compared to 1,286,119 [...]
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International passenger arrivals to Bangkok Airport increase by 13% in March and International arrivals to Phuket increase by 39% The total number of disembarking international passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport in March 2010 was 1,414,916 compared to 1,254,193 in March 2009 a 13% increase. The number of total number of disembarking domestic passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport [...]
Bangkok Luxury Hotel MarketView Q4 2009 The hotel sector in Bangkok still faced reduced levels of tourism, down 3.8% Y-o-Y, in 2009. This figure is a marked improvement from the first half of the year with Q1 showing Y-o-Y decline of 13.4% and Q2 down 14.4%. The second half of the year showed a Y-o-Y [...]
International passenger arrivals to Bangkok Airport increase by 25% in February and International arrivals to Phuket increase by 71% The total number of disembarking international passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport in February 2010 was 1,397,638 compared to 1,120,310 in February 2009 a 25% increase. The number of total number of disembarking domestic passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport [...]
The number of disembarking international passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport was 1,519,488 in January 2010 up 24% compared to January 2009 when we still feeling the effects of the December 2008 Airport closure. Domestic passenger disembarkations at Suvarnabhumi Airport were 551,954 compared to 386,637 in January 2009. Bangkok’ Don Muang airport has minimal international passengers. Domestic [...]
Khun Bang-Orn Chinaprayoo the tourism authority director in Phuket announced on Wednesday February 10 that all hotel rooms in Phuket were fully booked for the Chinese New Year Weekend and that the average occupancy rate was 90%. A quick check on Booking.com seems to confirm the story with many hotels saying they have few available [...]
China outbound tourists reached 47.66 million in 2009 up 4% on 2008 according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA). In the first 11 months of 2009 total Chinese visitors to Thailand were only 683,781 and 778,337 for the whole of 2008. The China Tourism Academy (CTA) forecasts that there will be 54 million outbound [...]
The Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel has now opened. Renaissance is in the Marriott stable of brands. The property, located on Ploenchit Road next to the Maneeya Centre office building, has 275 Rooms, 58 suites and 19,999 square metres of meeting space. A quick check on their reservation website showed a room rate of 5,999 baht [...]
Final tourist numbers for 2009 better than expected based on airport passenger arrivals Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited have now completed statistics for aircraft movements and passenger disembarkation and embarkation for the whole of 2009. The headline numbers for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport were 181,522 international aircraft movements (arrivals and departures) a fall of only [...]
Bangkok Luxury Hotel MarketView Q3 09 The hotel sector is still faced with reduced levels of tourism. Latest figures show that tourist numbers dropped 4.1% Y-o-Y. This is however a marketed improvement on figures from the first half of the year with Q1 showing a Y-o-Y decline of 17.9% and Q2 down 18.5%. Easing political [...]
Air Asia has recently announced the launch of its’ new route between Phuket and Ho Chi Minh City. The airline has been operating daily direct flights between Thailand’s leading resort island and HCMC since 4th November 2009, in addition to its established routes from HCMC to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. The airline believes there [...]
Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited recently released November statistics. International passenger disembarkations at Suvarnabhumi Airport were 1,368,833 in November 2009 compared to 1,023,014 in November 2008 (Suvarnabhumi Airport was closed from November 25th in 2008 after anti-government protestors occupied the airport). The year on year increase was 34% which was a significant [...]
Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited reported October 2009 passenger numbers and flights. The statistics show significant improvements over the last three months which is positive news for Thailand’s tourism industry. At Suwanaphoomi Airport there were 149,535 international aircraft movement (arrivals and departures) in the period January to October down 8.08% on the same period [...]
