The Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket is hoping for cash to flow this 4 day weekend. TAT Phuket’s director, Nanthasiri Ronnasiri, said yesterday that the average hotel room occupancy rate is 44.5%, and it’s expected to jump to 60% during the long weekend that runs through Monday. Today is Thailand’s Buddhist holiday of Visakha Bucha Day.
The director says Phuket is expected to rake in about 1.8 billion baht in tourism revenue over the long weekend. There is now an average of 100 inbound flights to Phuket, and 15,000 arrivals per day. Seven airlines are now serving the island province. She added that the average stay during the long holiday was expected to be 2.5 nights per person.
Phuket isn’t the only province where tourism authorities are hoping for the moolah to come. The director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Surat Thani office told Thai media the province’s…
