Suvarnabhumi International arrivals increase

International arrivals up

International visitor arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the four months of the year totalled 3,413,197, an increase of 2.61 per cent year on year.

This includes only those who arrived in Bangkok as a first point of entry and not those who flew directly to other points in Thailand or who entered the country at border checkpoints. About 70 per cent of visitors usually make Bangkok their first point of entry.

Arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport from major markets in the period included East Asia (1,525,989), Europe (1,114,770), the Americas (267,965), Oceania (161,097), South Asia (187,526), the Middle East (124,863) and Africa (30,987).

The Nation.

International arrivals up

International visitor arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the four months of the year totalled 3,413,197, an increase of 2.61 per cent year on year.

This includes only those who arrived in Bangkok as a first point of entry and not those who flew directly to other points in Thailand or who entered the country at border checkpoints. About 70 per cent of visitors usually make Bangkok their first point of entry.

Arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport from major markets in the period included East Asia (1,525,989), Europe (1,114,770), the Americas (267,965), Oceania (161,097), South Asia (187,526), the Middle East (124,863) and Africa (30,987).

The Nation.

Duh do we care


and departures are probably up more

Would be interesting to see the trends for the particular geographical groups. Are European tourists up or down for instance.

[Bob]

Wowpow, I wonder where the Nation gets its data? Here's an exerpt from the Chaingmai Mail (Travel Section, May 22nd issue):

Tourist arrivals plummet in April

Based on data from the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA), reported arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport plummeted 17 per cent to 36,533 in April.
Arrivals in the first four months of the year stood at 884,043 - a 13 per cent drop on the year, according to ATTA.
In Bangkok the average occupancy for hotels was 50 per cent down from 80 to 90 percent a year ago.

Frankly, it's hard for me to believe that any travel agent association would want bad news like this published unless it was absolutely true. But hell if I know.

P.S. Perhaps the Nation article relied on the same source that said the water pipeline to Pattaya was already installed?