SURAT THANI: A five-day holiday next week is expected to attract over 70, 000 people to this southern state and generate 833 million baht in revenue from visitor spending, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) Surat Thani office.
Nanthawan Siripoksapat, director of TAT’s Surat Thani office, said on Saturday that 74, 182 website visitors – 46, 429 Thais and 27, 753 foreigners – were booked to visit the southern state during the five-day vacation period, which operates from Wednesday in order to Sunday. Wednesday coincides with Asanha Bucha Day and Buddhist Lent Day is certainly on Thursday.
The hotel occupancy rate was 50. 94%, with the average stay 3. 89 evenings per person, Ms Nanthawan said.
Tourist arrivals were expected to generate 833. 18 mil baht to the local economy during this vacation period – 330. 16 million baht from Thai website visitors and 503. 02 million baht from foreign tourists.
The average spending for Thai visitors was forecast with 3, 121. ten baht per mind per day, and international visitors at 3, 700. 32 baht, said Ms Nanthawan.
The Full Moon Party upon Koh Phangan and scuba driving on Koh Tao had been magnets for younger visitors to this the southern part of province. Other tourist sites were furthermore popular among tourists, the lady said.
The number of flights upon Bangkok-Koh Samui route will increase to 19-24 a day, while the quantity of flights between Bangkok and Surat Thani will increase to 41-52 flights a day, the girl said.