Chinese take over from Russians as Phuket’s most frequent visitors

[snoop1130]

 

Chinese have taken over from Russian visitors as the most numerous to come through the Thai immigration turnstiles at the moment. Nationally, Russian visitors are not even in the top 5 anymore, whilst in Phuket the arrival numbers have dropped off drastically, compared to the influx from December 2022 to February 2023.

 

Nationally, over the past week, the foreign arrivals were…

 

• Chinese – 95,581

• Malaysian – 73,810 (many of these are just day or weekend trips for ‘locals’ across the southern border)

• South Korean – 37,754

• Indian – 27,707

• Vietnamese – 25,717

 

In Phuket, during the month of July…

 

• Chinese – 74,766

• Russian – 35,521

• Australian – 24,761

• Indian – 17,224

• Hong Kong visitors – 13,817

 

By Peter Roche

 

Full Story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/chinese-take-over-from-russians-as-phukets-most-frequent-visitors/

 

-- © Copyright Phuket GO 2023-08-11

 

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[observer90210]

Not sure which to choose between the "quality" chinese or russians !!!  ????

[bob smith]

yet another reason to never visit Phuket again.

 

Indians in 4th place as well..

 

taxi!

[stoner]

i can't wait to move to phuket soon. 

[John Drake]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

to come through the Thai immigration turnstiles at the moment.

Russians aren't coming through the immigration turnstiles because they've rooted themselves and aren't going to leave. The Chinese on the other hand mostly will go home.

Edited August 11, 2023 by John Drake

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chinese have taken over from Russian visitors as the most numerous to come through the Thai immigration turnstiles at the moment.

All the draft dodgers have already arrived here.

[HuskerDo2]

It's gone from bad to worse. Good luck to Phuket.

[ChipButty]

I went down my local beach the other morning 7-30 am there was 5 Chinese tour buses parked up

[mikebell]

The UK Guardian newspaper today reports a huge upturn in Russians buying 1 million+$ mansions; no explanation of how these draft-dodgers circumvented Thai property owning laws.

[wombat]

OT

but kinda relevant given different cultures proclivity...

do the Chinese smoke weed?

[Emdog]

"Out of the fire and into the frying pan!"

[recom273]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I went down my local beach the other morning 7-30 am there was 5 Chinese tour buses parked up

Not surprising as you live in Shandong.

[arithai12]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

All the draft dodgers have already arrived here.

The article doesn't state the numbers of departures, so your statement has no basis and as an attempt to humor is rather stale by now. Instead, try to remember that Dec-Feb (the basis for comparison in the article) is the infamous Russian winter, and that most arrivals are not from the European but from the Asian part of Russia where said winter really bites. July in Russia is relatively pleasant and they have no special reason to come - enough beaches of their liking along rivers and lakes. Russian overstayers and long-term...  I am sure there will be some - like for any other nationality.

 

 

[ozimoron]

Chinese are more abundant than Russians in Pattaya as well these days.

[Olmate]

31 minutes ago, Emdog said:

"Out of the fire and into the frying pan!"

Vice versa it goes! 

[mikeymike100]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

All the draft dodgers have already arrived here.

Correct and apparently show no signs of leaving just yet?

[bignok]

16 hours ago, stoner said:

i can't wait to move to phuket soon. 

Go to Nai Yang

[stoner]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Go to Nai Yang

i need to open a spot on the island. think i will base in phuket town and branch out for high season. 

 

nai yang looks nice. super crowded ? 

[dinsdale]

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

All the draft dodgers have already arrived here.

And they've made it much harder to dodge. Russia needs it's canon fodder.