Arrivals Continue To Slow

[B-BOY]

Arrivals continue to slow

Friday, September 14, 2007

TAT reports August arrivals at Suvarnabhumi eased ahead just 2.96%, triggering an adjustment in the year-end forecast.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand shows overall international tourist arrivals at Bangkok Airport through August increased from last year in spite of continued drops from some East Asian markets.

TAT reported that tourist arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport from January to August exceeded last year’s figure by 2.96% to reach 6,687,793.

The East Asia market remains on the top of the charts, in spite of a 5.67% drop. Europe and the Americas follow with a slip of 0.62% drop. The biggest increases came Oceania (+21.17%) and the Middle East (+18.20%) followed by Africa (+13.44%), Europe (+12.79%) and South Asia (+12.74%).

Based on nationality, the top three markets are Japan , Korea and China although only Korea reported an increase (+7.40%.) Japan and China put in negative performances of 0.37% and 18.64% respectively, though this was an improvement over last month.

Markets reporting the largest increases over last year were Argentina , Russia , Myanmar , Brazil and Saudi Arabia .

Countries showing a fall were all from East Asia : Vietnam (-35.44%), China (-18.64%) and Singapore (-16.96%).

Two months ago, TAT received Bt296 million from the government to be used for boosting low season travel during the third and fourth quarters.

Eight overseas markets will be targeted with Bt124 million. These consist of the short and middle distance markets of Japan , Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore , UK , Scandinavia , Australia , Middle East , Europe and Oceania .

As for the America , Australia and Europe markets, TAT was given Bt10 million from the Tourism Promotion Fund to conduct additional public relations activities through October.

The overall target for international tourist in 2007 was then revised from 14.8 million bringing in Bt547,500 million revenue to 14.6 million tourists spending Bt539,400 million.

Source = ttr

[lazeeboy]

Arrivals continue to slow

Friday, September 14, 2007

TAT reports August arrivals at Suvarnabhumi eased ahead just 2.96%, triggering an adjustment in the year-end forecast.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand shows overall international tourist arrivals at Bangkok Airport through August increased from last year in spite of continued drops from some East Asian markets.

TAT reported that tourist arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport from January to August exceeded last year's figure by 2.96% to reach 6,687,793.

The East Asia market remains on the top of the charts, in spite of a 5.67% drop. Europe and the Americas follow with a slip of 0.62% drop. The biggest increases came Oceania (+21.17%) and the Middle East (+18.20%) followed by Africa (+13.44%), Europe (+12.79%) and South Asia (+12.74%).

Based on nationality, the top three markets are Japan , Korea and China although only Korea reported an increase (+7.40%.) Japan and China put in negative performances of 0.37% and 18.64% respectively, though this was an improvement over last month.

Markets reporting the largest increases over last year were Argentina , Russia , Myanmar , Brazil and Saudi Arabia .

Countries showing a fall were all from East Asia : Vietnam (-35.44%), China (-18.64%) and Singapore (-16.96%).

Two months ago, TAT received Bt296 million from the government to be used for boosting low season travel during the third and fourth quarters.

Eight overseas markets will be targeted with Bt124 million. These consist of the short and middle distance markets of Japan , Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore , UK , Scandinavia , Australia , Middle East , Europe and Oceania .

As for the America , Australia and Europe markets, TAT was given Bt10 million from the Tourism Promotion Fund to conduct additional public relations activities through October.

The overall target for international tourist in 2007 was then revised from 14.8 million bringing in Bt547,500 million revenue to 14.6 million tourists spending Bt539,400 million.

Source = ttr

so its not as bad as everyone says it is is it

[PeaceBlondie]

If one of the top three markets is China, and it slipped 18.64%....surely that's a big change to a major tourist market.

[kevc]

Roomrates soar as world looks east

Tuesday, 7th August 2007

Source : HotelBenchmark™ Survey by Deloitte

The hotel market in Asia Pacific is seeing much stronger growth this year than last, revPAR across the region is up 14.1% to US$97 – outperforming the 9.4% growth achieved in 2006.

Indonesia wasn’t alone in seeing the fortunes of its island resorts improving; Penang experienced revPAR growth of 18.4%, driven by rising average room rates. Meanwhile further up the coast in Thailand, Phuket is booming. Double-digit rises in both occupancy levels and average room rates have caused revPAR to swell by 39.6% to US$111 – considerably higher than its Indonesian and Malaysian rivals. This is largely due to the increased accessibility of the islands, as low-cost airlines connect these resorts to the region’s gateway cities.

This trend also allows developed resorts such as Phuket to take business tourism away from cities. Bangkok has struggled with this, while the uncertain political situation and the New Year bombings have also discouraged visitors. There have also been problems at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi Airport with cracks on the runway which have restricted international flights. Occupancy in the Thai capital is down 7.8% compared to last year, curbing revPAR at US$82.

www.hotelbenchmark.com

[lazeeboy]

Roomrates soar as world looks east

Tuesday, 7th August 2007

Source : HotelBenchmark™ Survey by Deloitte

The hotel market in Asia Pacific is seeing much stronger growth this year than last, revPAR across the region is up 14.1% to US$97 – outperforming the 9.4% growth achieved in 2006.

Indonesia wasn't alone in seeing the fortunes of its island resorts improving; Penang experienced revPAR growth of 18.4%, driven by rising average room rates. Meanwhile further up the coast in Thailand, Phuket is booming. Double-digit rises in both occupancy levels and average room rates have caused revPAR to swell by 39.6% to US$111 – considerably higher than its Indonesian and Malaysian rivals. This is largely due to the increased accessibility of the islands, as low-cost airlines connect these resorts to the region's gateway cities.

This trend also allows developed resorts such as Phuket to take business tourism away from cities. Bangkok has struggled with this, while the uncertain political situation and the New Year bombings have also discouraged visitors. There have also been problems at Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport with cracks on the runway which have restricted international flights. Occupancy in the Thai capital is down 7.8% compared to last year, curbing revPAR at US$82.

www.hotelbenchmark.com

i stay at a fairly low budet hotel in bkk when there 1200b a night ,last few years had to book a couple of weeks ahead to assure they had rooms ,this year they say they are down 40% .......

[PeaceBlondie]

Deloitte's data seems to be from luxury hotels. Average of $111 per night in Phuket would be about 3,800 baht per night.

Sorry to bring this up, but the article states, "This is largely due to the increased accessibility of the islands, as low-cost airlines connect these resorts to the region's gateway cities."

[kevc]

Try looking at somewhere like ratestogo website, they have 27 Sukhumvit hotels listed and 25 have rooms available and if you look at the quotas (eg, 5 and 5) looks like they haven't sold many.

[think_too_mut]

Eight overseas markets will be targeted with Bt124 million. These consist of the short and middle distance markets of Japan , Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore , UK , Scandinavia , Australia , Middle East , Europe and Oceania .

As for the America , Australia and Europe markets, TAT was given Bt10 million from the Tourism Promotion Fund to conduct additional public relations activities through October.

10 million baht for promotions in Oz and US? Farangs spend individually more than that on condos.

[UnknownPoster]

They spend 10 million on promotion while the Con artists are ripping off tourists at virtually every tourist site.

900 scammers were recently picked up at the new airport then let go to do it again. Yes,900!.... and that is just at the airport.

[londonthai]

10mln bht is on top of 124mln bht - and it's only to be spend in October.

I would say, it's some money and funding of those 'additional public relations' might be repeated more than once a year.

those are usually for activities performed by embassy/consulate or local offices of TIT, with companies. like thai airways, doing their own publicity (often on a larger scale)

Eight overseas markets will be targeted with Bt124 million. These consist of the short and middle distance markets of Japan , Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore , UK , Scandinavia , Australia , Middle East , Europe and Oceania .

As for the America , Australia and Europe markets, TAT was given Bt10 million from the Tourism Promotion Fund to conduct additional public relations activities through October.

10 million baht for promotions in Oz and US? Farangs spend individually more than that on condos.

[jackspratt]

900 scammers were recently picked up at the new airport then let go to do it again. Yes,900!.... and that is just at the airport.

Were any of them wearing blue uniform jackets, with a badge on the inside

[lazeeboy]

900 scammers were recently picked up at the new airport then let go to do it again. Yes,900!.... and that is just at the airport.

Were any of them wearing blue uniform jackets, with a badge on the inside

evertone you speak to ,freinds ,family customers ,all speak about the welcome they recieve arriving in thailand ,taxis ,people chasing them offering anything from rides to hotels ,baggage serchers ,when are the authorities going to sort it ,tomorrow maybe too late