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Eastern European's Push US$1.2 Billion Into Phuket

Category: Hotels, Posted:03 Apr 2013 | 06:00 am

Thailand's current tourism bull run is being underscored by a watershed of Eastern European travelers – a soaring source of business that delivered 1.6 million visitors in 2012, led by Russia with an 82% share.
The sheer impact of the volume is nowhere more apparent than the holiday destination of Phuket which has experienced a direct hit, as over 650,000 Eastern European tourists injected US$1.2 billion (THB35 billion) into the island's economy last year.
According to newly released market research by consulting firm C9 Hotelworks, Russia's outbound market to South East Asia shot up over 1.8 million in 2012, making it one the year's leading storylines. Over 71% of travelers visited Thailand, followed by Vietnam with 9% and 5% for both Indonesia and Cambodia. Surprisingly Singapore attracted only 4% of the total.
Tracking the development cycle back to 2005, Eastern European visitors to Thailand then hovered at the 175,000 level. Stimulating the sustained demand was a visa exemption implemented in 2007, coupled with the rise of sustained economic explosion in the other Europe – the East.
C9's Managing Director Bill Barnett said: "Phuket has seen this business build up over the past four years with a 42% compound annual growth rate. This rapid acceleration has turned the tables upside down on the once dominant Western European market. The shift is now on display day in and day out on the resort island where mounting numbers of charter flights and tour buses are a constant reminder of a changing world."
Leading the transformation has been Phuket's rising airlift punctuated by its key strategic door-to-door travel time. According to the report, between 2008 and 2012 Russians and other Eastern Europeans visiting the island grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 77% – with charter flights catering to 56% of total passengers last year.
"There is little doubt that Asia's latter day volume leisure destination splurge requires a constant renewal of numbers," said Mr Barnett. "While Phuket with its airlift impact has shown little sign of slowing down in 2013, Bali's seeing a slow down as its Eastern European market has turned melodramatic with no direct scheduled service from Russia."
The Emerging Eastern European Market report by C9 Hotelworks goes on to highlight that despite the mounting numbers, there is a pronounced seasonal trend, as 80% of the "snowbirds" come between October to April, and year-round demand remains elusive as tour operators and airlines redeploy aircraft to the Mediterranean during the summer months.
To view the full report <link>https://c9hotelworks.com/downloads/phuket-emerging-eastern-european-market-201304.pdf*CLICK</link>

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