January 2012, a Chinese New Year, an additional public holiday in 4 Southern provinces comprising Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Satun provinces as proposed by The Southern Border Provinces Administrative
year from the growth in tourists in key markets such as Malaysia, India, South Korea, Japan and Russia. The number of Chinese tourists also exhibited an increase during December 2018, the first increase
34.4 million, growth of 7.9% from the same period last year despite a decline in the number of Chinese tourists since the Phuket boat incident in July. Nevertheless, for the 11 months of 2018, the number
exhibit a slow growth, increasing 4.2% from last year. The number of Chinese tourists which made up 28% of total tourist arrivals recovered in the second half of the year with growth of 4.4% for total year
products and also from the decline in global oil prices and the high base effect of last year expedited exports before the increase in US import tariffs on Chinese products. In the tourism sector, the number
also from the decline in global oil prices and the high base effect of last year expedited exports before the increase in US import tariffs on Chinese products. In the tourism sector, the number of
the COVID-19 outbreak. In the tourism sector, the number of tourist arrivals for 1Q20 contracted by 38.0% yoy across almost all nationalities with high contractions in the number of Chinese tourists
number of tourist arrivals for the first 2 months of 2020 contracted by 19.8% yoy across almost all nationalities with high contractions in the number of Chinese tourists which declined 44.2% yoy due to
, accounting for 10.47%, due to the decreasing number of Chinese tourists visiting Phuket after the boat accident at the beginning of July, 2018. In 2018, the Company’s revenues from the sale of food and
arrivals for the first quarter of 2019 declined 1.5% yoy with the number of Chinese tourists which contribute almost 29% of total tourist arrivals exhibited a decline of 2.1%. Although the economy is showing