News Forum - Phuket Immigration reports over 100,000 Indian tourists since May

[Thaiger]

Even though Malaysia has now beat Thailand for its number of tourists to the kingdom overall, Indians are still the biggest tourist group in Phuket. From May 1 to August 30, the island province saw 104,350 Indian tourists arrive on its shores, according to Phuket Immigration. This was out of a total of 436,326 foreign tourists that arrived in Phuket in that time frame. The other countries sending the most tourists to Thailand, in order, have been: Australia, Singapore, UK, Malaysia, Germany, USA, and Russia. The ongoing flow of Indian tourists has helped to pick up Phuket’s tourism economy this […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

18 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Apart from the architecture and outdoor adventures, Indian tourists also love

.. hugging kateuys.

[Pompies]

If Malaysian and Laos visitors are classed as equivalent to visitors from UK, Europe and India there is a grave dissonance with reality. Having worked with tourism authorities in European and African countries I can say that the figures are actually nonsense because giving a day tripper the same definition as a medium to long haul tourist is creating a false picture that flatters the tourism authorities but deludes at the same time. Thailand needs to stop this "false news" and reflect the true picture.

[HolyCowCm]

When I was there in June travelling all the way to Ao Nang there were so so many Indians. Also Phuket had a lot of Middle Easterners. I would not dispute this number at all.

[Noble_Design]

Indians are truly the savior of Thai tourism.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

11 minutes ago, Noble_Design said:

Indians are truly the savior of Thai tourism.

How do they rank on the quality scale?

[Malc-Thai]

I would have said more !  They're everywhere walking in groups.. eating at only indian restaurants and buying from indian shops, complaining about the prices or trying to bata, always 2 on a motorbike with hats that don't fit, they go into the live music bars have a dance then leave when asked to buy drinks.. 

[HiuMak]

18 hours ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

How do they rank on the quality scale?

They have a lot of gold chains are are heavily insured.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 minute ago, HiuMak said:

They have a lot of gold chains are are heavily insured.

The Indians spending is measured in carat

[Artemis080]

I often have meetings in some of the hotels here in Phuket. Most people staying are noticeably Indians recently. It does beat the very loud Chinese tour package groups though...