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Final Tourist Numbers for 2009

By James Pitchon on Jan 24, 2010 in Hotel-Tourism

Final tourist numbers for 2009 better than expected based on airport passenger arrivals

Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited have now completed statistics for aircraft movements and passenger disembarkation and embarkation for the whole of 2009.

The headline numbers for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport were 181,522 international aircraft movements (arrivals and departures) a fall of only 3.81% compared to 2008.

Domestic aircraft movements for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport were 72,455 a 27% increase on 2008.

Obviously the 2008 figures were distorted by the airport closures but in terms of 2009 flights it does not look like the drop was as bad as we expected.

The number of disembarking international passengers for Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport was 14,448,470 compared to 15,049,010 in 2008.

Disembarking domestic passengers at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport   were 5,160,317 compared to 3,546,684 in 2008 obviously more domestic flights are routed through Suvarnabhumi airport (Don Muang disembarkations for domestic passengers fell to 1.23 million in 2009 compared to 2.5 million in 2008).

The surprising number is that international passenger disembarkations only fell by 4%.

Taking into account the multiple challenges that confronted the Thai tourism industry in 2009 this is a very positive result.

We saw the recovery start to happen in September and improve on monthly basis to the end of the year.

 

Source:  Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited

In Phuket total international aircraft movements were 16,987 in 2009 only 1.11% down on 2008.  Disembarking international passengers were 1,168,659 compared to 1,215,805 in 2008 again only a 4% drop.

Domestic passenger disembarkations were 1,722,316 compared to 1,635,598 in 2008 a 5% increase.

This was a remarkable result considering all the bad news in 2009.

The Thai hotel industry will still find 2010 tough even if international arrivals continue to improve because of the amount of new hotels that will be completed over the next three years.

 

Source:  Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited

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About the Author

James Pitchon is an Executive Director of CB Richard Ellis (Thailand) Co., Ltd. He is responsible for servicing property requirements of multi-national corporations in Thailand. He has been responsible for the co-ordination of more than 1,000 multi-national corporation property transactions in Thailand over the last nineteen years. He is also a board director of CB Richard Ellis (Vietnam) Company Limited, CB Richard Ellis (Cambodia) Company Limited and the BCCT. Mr. Pitchon joined CB Richard Ellis in 1987 in Hong Kong and established the company’s Beijing office in the Peoples Republic of China where he was responsible for leasing the China World Trade Centre. He joined the Bangkok office in 1990 and is responsible for the marketing and management of many commercial and residential projects. He is responsible for co-ordinating the production of market research supplied to investors and financial institutions. He co-ordinates the property requirements of multi-national companies wishing to establish or expand offices and manufacturing operations in Thailand. Mr. Pitchon is regarded as a leading authority on the Thai property market and is frequently interviewed by the local and international press. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

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