Quarterly Arrivals from 2007 till Third Quarter of 2014 :
Thailand has a tourist season when more visitors arrive. As you can see below, the number of visitors is almost consistently higher during the first quarter and the last quarter of each year. This coincides with a more pleasant climate in the country ('cold' season), and less favorable weather conditions in Europe, and large parts of Asia, like China and Japan.
We figure that Thailand missed out on in between 1 and 2 million potential extra visitors in both 2009 and 2010. The same is probably true for end 2011 with the major floods, and end 2013-begin 2014 with the political uncertainty.
It is interesting to know that negative factors seem to loose influence in just 2 to 3 months each time, with visitors resuming their interest in Thailand as a major tourist destination thereafter.
Since end November 2014 till present (May 2014) there have been continuous anti-government demonstrations, led by former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban. The political upheaval surely affected the tourism industry, with various foreign goverments issuing travel warnings. The House of Representatives (Parliament) was dissolved on 9 December 2013. Elections were scheduled on 2 Februari 2014, but were disrupted and later invalidated by the Constitutional Court.
Caretaker prime minister and several other ministers were removed from office by the Constitutional Court, because of a controversial transfer of a security officer in 2011. A new caretaker prime minister was installed. Both anti-goverment demonstration and also demonstrations by pro-government Red Shirts continued unabated. Martial Law was declared by the Royal Thai Army on 20 May 2014.
The above contributed to a decrease in travel arrivals during 2014, spread over the first three quarters of the year. During the first 9 months of 2014 around 2,000,000 less tourists arrived in Thailand, or a decrease of -10.28% when compared with the same period of 2013. To put it into perspective, the number of arrivals in 2014 is still clearly higher than in 2012.
Gloom and doom were clearly reversed during the last quarter which saw the highest number of arrivals in a quarter ever. Arrivals increased by 6.5% compared to the previous year. This looks very promising for 2015. As before, tourism picks up about 2-3 months after stability in the country has been restored.
Quarterly Arrivals from 2007 till Third Quarter of 2014 :
Thailand has a tourist season when more visitors arrive. As you can see below, the number of visitors is almost consistently higher during the first quarter and the last quarter of each year. This coincides with a more pleasant climate in the country ('cold' season), and less favorable weather conditions in Europe, and large parts of Asia, like China and Japan.
We figure that Thailand missed out on in between 1 and 2 million potential extra visitors in both 2009 and 2010. The same is probably true for end 2011 with the major floods, and end 2013-begin 2014 with the political uncertainty.
It is interesting to know that negative factors seem to loose influence in just 2 to 3 months each time, with visitors resuming their interest in Thailand as a major tourist destination thereafter.
Since end November 2014 till present (May 2014) there have been continuous anti-government demonstrations, led by former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban. The political upheaval surely affected the tourism industry, with various foreign goverments issuing travel warnings. The House of Representatives (Parliament) was dissolved on 9 December 2013. Elections were scheduled on 2 Februari 2014, but were disrupted and later invalidated by the Constitutional Court.
Caretaker prime minister and several other ministers were removed from office by the Constitutional Court, because of a controversial transfer of a security officer in 2011. A new caretaker prime minister was installed. Both anti-goverment demonstration and also demonstrations by pro-government Red Shirts continued unabated. Martial Law was declared by the Royal Thai Army on 20 May 2014.
The above contributed to a decrease in travel arrivals during 2014, spread over the first three quarters of the year. During the first 9 months of 2014 around 2,000,000 less tourists arrived in Thailand, or a decrease of -10.28% when compared with the same period of 2013. To put it into perspective, the number of arrivals in 2014 is still clearly higher than in 2012.
Gloom and doom were clearly reversed during the last quarter which saw the highest number of arrivals in a quarter ever. Arrivals increased by 6.5% compared to the previous year. This looks very promising for 2015. As before, tourism picks up about 2-3 months after stability in the country has been restored.
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