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By Peter Roche

The Tourism Authority of Thailand says Phuket generated at least 2.6 billion baht in tourism revenue during the recent Chinese New Year holiday. This will come as a much-needed boost for the island’s recovering tourism sector, which was crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The real test will now be if the return of Chinese travellers extends past the Chinese New Year holiday but new flights are being added each week so a slow rise of Chinese tourism is expected throughout this year.

 

Nanthasiri Ronnasiri, director of the TAT’s Phuket office, says the island welcomed 150,000 domestic and international tourists during the recent Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 

According to a Phuket Express report, 121 international flights touched down in Phuket during the island’s Chinese New Year holiday on January 21 and 22. The flights were operated by 40 international airlines, carrying 24,809 passengers. In addition, Phuket welcomed 121 domestic flights, carrying 17,155 passengers.

 

Source: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/chinese-new-year-generates-at-least-2-6-billion-baht-in-tourism-revenue-for-phuket/

 

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So quickly ..... after a few days they know already how much they earned....Athough the auto industry now announces their figures from the past December.... But here they can do it after 3 days

It's called "counting the chicken before they are hatched".

21/1 - 22/1

 

130000 domestic visitors? 

The forecasters of a huge Chinese influx are simply whistling in the dark. With airfares 3 times the price in 2019, unemployment at record highs, a property market collapse that has ruined hundreds of thousands of investors and the continually concealed truth about Covid there is only a slight chance that PRC arrivals will surge. An AP report on the Chinese return to travel showed that nowhere in the world is experiencing the hoped for return of large numbers. Tourism is a distant number 3 in urban Chinese priorities and most plan domestic travel. So the bullish reports will soon be hidden away by more reports of disappointment.