{"id":111,"date":"2015-01-29T18:33:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/?p=111"},"modified":"2015-01-29T18:33:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:33:53","slug":"thailand-slowly-gets-back-on-its-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/thailand-slowly-gets-back-on-its-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand slowly gets back on its feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THAILAND\u2019S tourism industry is recovering from last year\u2019s political crisis, though the rate of growth is slow and external factors such as the collapse of the rouble are causing additional problems for resort destinations like Phuket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/islands-around-phuket-L.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/islands-around-phuket-L.jpg\" alt=\"islands-around-phuket-L\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/islands-around-phuket-L.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.absoluteresorts.com\/our-stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/islands-around-phuket-L-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the country received 24.8 million visitors last year, down 6.7 per cent from 2013. The NTO has set this year\u2019s target at 28 million.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism and sports minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul told the Daily: \u201cWe are recovering, although there is not a big increase (in arrivals from the same period last year). It started picking up over the last three months. Another good sign is that the spending per head is increasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While authorities say they are targeting quality tourists, mass markets such as China and Russia are important with the downturn in arrivals from the latter, adding to the local industry\u2019s woes. This is also leading both the ministry and the NTO to focus on building business from high-spending source markets such as Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia is still dropping, so we are targeting other European markets,\u201d said Kobkarn. \u201cThe quality from Europe is very good; they spend more and stay longer. We\u2019re seeing an increase in intra-ASEAN (travellers) and we are developing the \u2018Weekend Destination\u2019 to attract people (from the region) to come to Thailand for a short break. We have everything they need here: medical, wellness, golf, food and shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travel companies from Thailand too, say that business is starting to improve. Patricia Weismantel, product manager, Spice Roads, said: \u201cThings are getting better from last year. We are lucky as our clients tend to be more adventurous and are less likely to be put off by the news, but it has been slow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netnapa Tadakittikul, senior sales manager Asia-Pacific, Outrigger Resorts, said while the Thai market has started to recover, Phuket in particular was hit hard by the drop in visitors from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beginning of Q4 was starting to look good, but then we had the rouble crisis,\u201d she said. \u201cRussia makes up about 40 per cent of our market in Phuket. Q1 is looking okay though. The pace is slow but it is picking up, and bookings for May and June are looking good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THAILAND\u2019S tourism industry is recovering from last year\u2019s political crisis, though the rate of growth is slow and external factors such as the collapse of the rouble are causing additional problems for resort destinations like Phuket. 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