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Phuket Tourist Information

Tourist Authority of Thailand

The government body in charge of Tourism in Thailand is the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

The Phuket office of the TAT has a web site Phuket Tourist Authority and is located at

Tourism Authority of Thailand,
Southern Office: Region 4 (Phuket - Phang Nga - Krabi)
73 -75 Phuket Road
Ampher Muang
Phuket 83000, Thailand
Tel : 66 76 211036, 212213.
Fax : 66 76 213582

Tourist arrival data

The data presented in the three tables below has been compiled by Phuket Land Ltd. from annual and monthly data produced by the Phuket Office of the Tourist Authority of Thailand. Sampling and collection methods have varied a little from year to year so discretion is advised with the use and interpretation of these figures.

Statistics 2004 - 2005

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total Visitors to Phuket

4,793,252

2,510,276

 

 

 

-Thai

1,295,653

1,188,621

 

 

 

-Foreign

3,497,599

1,321,655

 

 

 

Average length of stay (days)

4.86

3.56

 

 

 

Average daily expenditure

3,669.17

3,277.51

 

 

 

-Thai

2,758.09

2,519.73

 

 

 

-Foreign

4,006.68

3,827.13

 

 

 

Number of Hotels

579

528

 

 

 

Number of hotel Rooms

32,076

31,488

 

 

 

Average occupancy

65.47%

34.60%

 

 

 

Statistics 1999 - 2003

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Total Visitors to Phuket

3,083,573

3,459,573

3,789,660

3,990,702

4,050,077

-Thai

915,000

961,093

1,077,275

1,164,560

1,303,291

-Foreign

2,167,802

2,498,480

2,712,385

2,746,786

2,826,142

Average length of stay (days)

5.07

4.9

4.96

4.95

4.93

Average daily expenditure

3,630

3,645

3,671

3,641.74

3,635.63

-Thai

2,540

2,750

2,742

2,704.25

2,774.50

-Foreign

3,920

3,990

4,040

4,028.04

4,044.22

Number of Hotels

303

344

510

510

549

Number of hotel Rooms

20,150

19,574

26,759

26,637

31,302

Average occupancy

63.4%

67.14%

58.86%

57.00%

57.40%

Statistics 1994 - 1998

 

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Total Visitors to Phuket

2,119,063

2,272,257

2,290,735

2,401,631

2,660,420

-Thai

526,478

664,350

673,197

747,718

779,167

-Foreign

1,592,585

1,607,907

1,617,538

1,651,175

1,881,253

Average length of stay

4.59

4.48

4.30

4.78

4.88

Average daily expenditure

2,855.47

2,877.64

2,781.37

2.864.54

3,408.06

-Thai

1,608.88

1,828.43

1,913.09

2.002.36

2,335.18

-Foreign

3,268.23

3,303.45

3,141.32

3,258.70

3,852.43

Number of Hotels

235

264

277

293

293

Number of hotel Rooms

17,426

18,454

18,590

18,959

17,592

Average occupancy

53.86%

61.95%

54.4%

54.09%

58.15%

Statistics 1989 - 1993

 

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

Total Visitors to Phuket

971,683

1,254,215

1,208,594

1,633,496

2,094,661

of which stay in a hotel

810,014

1,064,263

1,021,140

1,436,287

1,784,730

-Thai

437,505

499,874

618,271

417,608

780,416

-Foreign

534,178

754,341

590,323

1,215,888

1,314,245

Average length of stay (days)

4.97

4.99

4.32

6.14

6.75

Average daily expenditure

1,324

1,362

2,018

2,269

2,658

-Thai

828

1,069

1,336

1,402

1,637

-Foreign

1,731

1,556

2,732

3,104

3,265

Number of Hotels

177

190

237

261

267

Number of hotel Rooms

9,914

12,037

14,912

17,355

18,360

Average occupancy

59.35%

63.38%

57.59%

39.63%

54.33%

Statistical tourist information for the whole of Thailand can be found at the
Tourism Authority of Thailand's
excellent web site.