Post by account_disabled on Jan 2, 2024 3:28:53 GMT
Phuket” is considered a major tourist city that faces many problems. Most recently, the Phuket private sector has presented various problems to the Senate Tourism Committee. In order for the government sector to come in and help accelerate various problems. The baht is strong, foreigners refrain from traveling. Information from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports indicates the tourism situation in Phuket province during the 8 months (January - August 2019) that there were 9,848,246 million tourists, divided into 20 percent Thai tourists and 20 percent foreign tourists. The highest number, 80 percent, are Chinese tourists with more than 3 million people, followed by Russia with approximately more than 900,000 people and Germany with approximately more than 600,000 people. Tourist spending is still positive. It has an average income of 5.8-6% or approximately 313,186.49 million baht. The occupancy rate has decreased. Occupancy was at 78.08 percent due to the hotel group's expansion.
This year the number of rooms has increased to 3,000. In large hotels, economical Industry Email List rooms have been opened in addition to registering in the system. Resulting in a greater distribution of tourists to different types of accommodation groups. During the last 3 months of the year There will be a group of tourists traveling as a reward. (Incentive Group) which charters flights from China to various cities and promotes them to the Indian market. and the Singapore market, where the number of tourist arrivals in Singapore has decreased. Because the baht is strong together with many other factors Raise "Phuket" as a special economic zone Mr. Thanusak Phungdet, President of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, said that Phuket wishes to be a province with a special economic zone management system. for travel and intelligence If it can be upgraded to a special economic zone, it will have administrative powers. It is believed that the development plan in the next 10-20 years will be able to compete with international countries with high potential around the world.
and generate more income. In addition, wanting Phuket to have a cruise ship port will cause more ships from abroad to come in. Including wanting to have an international auditorium that has standards to stimulate the MICE market Promote sports tourism This will cause more tourists from this group to come. and water shortage problems that require good management Solve 5 serious problems By Mr. Kongsak Khuphongsakorn, President of the Southern Thai Hotels Association, said that there are 5 main problems in Phuket: 1. Heavy road traffic congestion. To solve the problem in the past, many projects have been proposed such as tunnels and light rail. Expanding roads and cutting new roads It takes a long time to solve the problem and there is a lack of budget to support the province. Even though Phuket is a province that generates more than 400 billion baht in income for the country, the approved budget is incomplete. 2. Maritime traffic safety After the boat accident last year Maritime safety has been greatly raised.
This year the number of rooms has increased to 3,000. In large hotels, economical Industry Email List rooms have been opened in addition to registering in the system. Resulting in a greater distribution of tourists to different types of accommodation groups. During the last 3 months of the year There will be a group of tourists traveling as a reward. (Incentive Group) which charters flights from China to various cities and promotes them to the Indian market. and the Singapore market, where the number of tourist arrivals in Singapore has decreased. Because the baht is strong together with many other factors Raise "Phuket" as a special economic zone Mr. Thanusak Phungdet, President of the Phuket Chamber of Commerce, said that Phuket wishes to be a province with a special economic zone management system. for travel and intelligence If it can be upgraded to a special economic zone, it will have administrative powers. It is believed that the development plan in the next 10-20 years will be able to compete with international countries with high potential around the world.
and generate more income. In addition, wanting Phuket to have a cruise ship port will cause more ships from abroad to come in. Including wanting to have an international auditorium that has standards to stimulate the MICE market Promote sports tourism This will cause more tourists from this group to come. and water shortage problems that require good management Solve 5 serious problems By Mr. Kongsak Khuphongsakorn, President of the Southern Thai Hotels Association, said that there are 5 main problems in Phuket: 1. Heavy road traffic congestion. To solve the problem in the past, many projects have been proposed such as tunnels and light rail. Expanding roads and cutting new roads It takes a long time to solve the problem and there is a lack of budget to support the province. Even though Phuket is a province that generates more than 400 billion baht in income for the country, the approved budget is incomplete. 2. Maritime traffic safety After the boat accident last year Maritime safety has been greatly raised.