AoT forecasts 16.2% year-on-year increase in Phuket tourist arrivals over Songkran

[snoop1130]

AoT forecasts 16.2% year-on-year increase in Phuket tourist arrivals over Songkran

By The Phuket News

 

Phuket International Airport is expecting 458,000 tourist arrivals for Songkran between April 11 and 17 – a year-on-year increase of 16.2%. Photo: Premkamon Ketsara

 

PHUKET:-- Airports of Thailand (AoT) have released forecasts for Phuket tourist arrivals over the Songkran period – from April 11 to 17, 2019, highlighting a significant year-on-year increase from 2018.

 

AoT President, Nitinai Siriratikarn, said on Wednesday (Apr 3) that Phuket International Airport is expecting 458,000 arrivals over the festive period, or an average of 65,400 people per day. This represents an increase of 16.2% on the same period in 2018.

 

Mr Nitinai also said that the airport expects to handle 2,300 flights over the seven-day period – an average of 330 flights per day which represents a decrease of 5.8% compared with the same period in 2018.

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[Brigand]

Another case of magic numbers out of your arse to make things look good.

[Khaeng Mak]

All lies.  EXPECTING is the key word in this article.  Oh and that archive photo is from when they had teething problems with the new check in system so the punters were lined up out into the street.

[cheapcanuck]

Let's get this right. More tourist are arriving on less plans. That's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. 

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

AoT forecasts 16.2% year-on-year increase in Phuket tourist arrivals over Songkran

Problem being Phuket has no water!!!

What a sorry country.

 

[observer90210]

Did they count all the expats, retirees, locals, or permanent residents who went abroad and are comming back to home in Thailand,  after the spring break in the west ?

Edited April 4, 2019 by observer90210

[madmitch]

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mr Nitinai also said that the airport expects to handle 2,300 flights over the seven-day period – an average of 330 flights per day which represents a decrease of 5.8% compared with the same period in 2018.

Handling 330 flights a day is 165 in and 165 out. That figure would seem about right looking at a typical day's arrivals and departures.

 

65,400 daily arrivals would equate to just under 400 people on each plane!

 

I'd guess the average capacity of a plane into Phuket would be around half that so my guess is that the person making these calculations believes that the 330 flights refers to arrivals only. An easy mistake to make!

 

Am I going mad or have the AOT really come up with twice the figure they should have?

[neeray]

Did they warn all these tourists that bathing has to be in the sea, no shower water available. 

Something smells bad here. 

[xylophone]

58 minutes ago, neeray said:

Did they warn all these tourists that bathing has to be in the sea, no shower water available. 

Something smells bad here. 

Along with the klongs, black effluent and Indians!

[Ulic]

With the rains expected to arrive 4-6 weeks late and the reservoirs looking critically low it may make for a dry Songkran. Tourists are not that interested in conserving water during their vacations. Not sure how much farming goes on in Phuket but I think they are the only group the government can negotiate with that can make a meaningful impact on consumption. Not the easiest group to negotiate with either. That said if there is no water they can't plant, but if there is some water left they will use it all and plant. Then hope for rain in the next few weeks. We will see what comes to pass. The rains will return, the question is when, and how much will fall. 

[madmitch]

13 minutes ago, Ulic said:

With the rains expected to arrive 4-6 weeks late and the reservoirs looking critically low it may make for a dry Songkran. Tourists are not that interested in conserving water during their vacations. Not sure how much farming goes on in Phuket but I think they are the only group the government can negotiate with that can make a meaningful impact on consumption. Not the easiest group to negotiate with either. That said if there is no water they can't plant, but if there is some water left they will use it all and plant. Then hope for rain in the next few weeks. We will see what comes to pass. The rains will return, the question is when, and how much will fall. 

The 4-6 weeks late announcement has come from the Thai Met Office, an organisation whose only accurate predictions usually occur after an event has happened!

Edited April 5, 2019 by madmitch

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

The 4-6 weeks late announcement has come from the Thai Met Office, an organisation whose only accurate predictions usually occur after an event has happened!

Naw, even then they still get it wrong.

Edited April 5, 2019 by stevenl