Arrivals from UAE recorded a 4.20% growth-
hailand has achieved
record-breaking visitor arrivals, crossing the 22 million mark for the first time
in 2012. Figures tabulated by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports for January —
December 2012 show total arrivals by nationality of 22,303,065, up 15.98
percent over 2011.
Commenting
on the performance, TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni said, “We are overjoyed to
have achieved this result in the year the people of Thailand commemorated the
85th birthday of His Majesty the King. It is also a tribute to the
cooperation and creativity of the entire Thai travel & tourism industry for
the huge effort that has been made to ensure that travel & tourism remains
a leading industry for job creation, distribution of income nationwide and
contribution to culture, heritage and environmental preservation.”
The
governor said that the primary contributor to this result was the prevalence of
global, regional and local peace and stability. “Last year, the world was
generally at peace and there were no major geopolitical, economic,
environmental or natural disasters and no health pandemics. Travel &
tourism can only flourish worldwide if the underlying conditions that support
it remain free of disturbance and disruption. That is one of the most important
lessons for the entire industry to learn worldwide,” he said.
The
highlight of the results was the fact that six countries, five of which are
within the Asia-Pacific region, are now producing more than one million annual
visitor arrivals. These are Malaysia, China, Japan, Korea, India and Russia.
The
following performance analysis by market is based on the figures tabulated so
far:
OVERVIEW: Visitors
from East Asia totalled 12,502,194 (+20.84%), Europe 5,617,817 (+10.12%), the
Americas 1,080,148 (+13.40%), South Asia 1,289,641 (+11.36%), Oceania 1,046,753
(+12.13%), Middle East 604,659 (+0.58%) and Africa 161,853 (+17.36%).
EAST
ASIA: East Asian visitor arrivals to Thailand comprise the biggest market share
of all visitors. Of the 22.30 million arrivals in 2012, a total of 12.50
million (+20.84%) were from East Asia regions.
By
this year, two source-markets, China (2.7 million) and Malaysia (2.5 million)
are now generating more than two million annual arrivals each. And two
source-markets, Japan (1.3 million) and Korea (1.1 million) are generating more
than one million arrivals each.
The
ASEAN countries in total are generating over six million arrivals, with
spectacular growth by Cambodia (+59.74%), Vietnam (+24.36%), Indonesia
(+21.02%), Myanmar (+17.40%) and Laos (+6.63%).
EUROPE:
The European visitors showed a good growth rate of 10.12% to 5.61 million.
Russia is the largest source market from Europe with arrivals of 1,317,387, up
24.97%. United Kingdom is the second highest source market with a total of
870,164, up 2.98%, followed by Germany 681,566, up 10.08%.
THE
AMERICAS: Arrivals from the Americas showed a good growth of 13.40% to
1,080,148 the main market, US, increased by 12.57% to 767,420. Arrivals from
both Canada and Brazil showed positive growth of 12.18% and 22.18%.
SOUTH
ASIA: Arrivals from South Asia grew by a strong 11.36% to 1,289,641. India has
become a top of the list from South Asian market with arrivals up by 11.03% to
1,015,865, making it the region’s fastest growing market, followed by Sri Lanka
73,338, (+36.73%).
OCEANIA:
Arrivals from Oceania grew by 12.13% to 1,046,753 visitors. Australian visitors
were up 12.14% to 930,599 and New Zealand +12.28% to 113,509.
MIDDLE
EAST: Arrivals from Middle East showed a slight growth of 0.58% to 604,659 with
all markets up. with UAE receiving 113,174 visitors (+4.20%) and Kuwait 64,536
(+15.68%).
AFRICA:
Arrivals from Africa were up by 17.36% to 161,853. South Africa is a major
market and has showed significant growth of 10.22% to 75,496.
In
2013, the TAT is confident that if the global, regional and local situation
remains stable, this year will see Thailand receive 24.5 million arrivals,
generating a projected tourism income of 1,149 billion baht.
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It is also a tribute to the cooperation and creativity of the entire Thai travel & tourism industry for the huge effort that has been made to ensure that travel & tourism remains a leading industry for job creation,
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