5,000 Chinese tourists a day over Chinese New Year

[webfact]

Chinese tourists have descended on Phuket to celebrate Chinese New Year, pushing hotel occupancy on the island to 81%. Thai PBS World reports that Chinese visitors in the kingdom have also joined Thais in Bangkok’s Chinatown to mark the holiday.

 

Phuket has long been a popular destination for Chinese travellers due its strong Chinese heritage and ancestry.

 

The director of the Phuket office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand says the number of Chinese arrivals has jumped to between 4,000 and 5,000 a day. Lertchai Wangtrakuldee says this is the highest number of arrivals of any nationality and the island expects to see revenue of 6.8 billion baht from the holiday period.

 

By Peter Roche

FILE PHOTO: Tasty Thailand

 

Full story: PhuketGO 2024-02-12

 

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[ikke1959]

waaw... amazing as the holidays for the Chinese just started and now the see between 4000 and 5000 Chinese tourists a day.. They even can't count the numbers exactly but they know already how they will spend/earn from them...

[bokningar]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

waaw... amazing as the holidays for the Chinese just started and now the see between 4000 and 5000 Chinese tourists a day.. They even can't count the numbers exactly but they know already how they will spend/earn from them...

No one really take TAT numbers seriously.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The director of the Phuket office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand says the number of Chinese arrivals has jumped to between 4,000 and 5,000 a day. Lertchai Wangtrakuldee says this is the highest number of arrivals of any nationality and the island expects to see revenue of 6.8 billion baht from the holiday period.

Expects,predicts, attracts, envisages.. 

[proton]

1 hour ago, bokningar said:

No one really take TAT numbers seriously.

 

Tim Newton seems to, it's one of his favourite 'news' items 😁