Tourism Statistics
Tourism statistics presented in this chapter have been derived from the Tourism Authority of
Thailand and Office of Tourism Development, Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
H.R.H. Krompra Kampaengpet Akkarayothin, commissioner of the former State Railways
Department, initially promoted tourism by setting up a Public Relations Section in
1924
to provide
facilities and services to tourists visiting Thailand and also to publicize Thailand to foreigners
.
Tourism statistics
presented in this chapter have been derived from immigration cards
collected by Immigration Bureau, Royal Thai Police.
Tourist refers to any persons who have no permanent residence in Thailand, but make a visit
to Thailand at least one night but not more than
90
days. The purpose of visiting Thailand would be for
leisure, business, visiting family/relatives, mission and meeting but not for remunerated activity purposes.
Statistics of hotel and guesthouse establishments,
National Statistical Office had
published statistics on hotel operations, the first time in
1979
and in
1992
the survey on hotel
operation has expanded to cover guesthouse operations. This
2008
survey included hotel registered
under Hotel Act B.E.
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and all guesthouses currently in operation. Objective of the survey was to
collect data concerning income and expense of hotel and guesthouse as well as data regarding structures
of the operations, number of rooms, number of guests, number of employees, etc. Data received were
used as guidelines for policy formulation and planning to develop these types of business in the future.
Hotel and guesthouse mean all types of place established for doing business from travelers or
persons who want to live or stay temporarily
.
Statistics on travel behavior of the Thais;
the National statistical Office and Tourism
Authority of Thailand jointly conducted a survey on travel behavior of the Thais for the first time in
2009.
Objective of the survey was to collect data of the Thais travel in
2008,
concerning activities
during travel, travel management, expenditure spent, travelling abroad, including opinion and ideas
regarding travelling.
Travelling behaviour to a journey of household members from their permanent residence in a
province to another place in another province or oversea. Purposes of travelling may be as tourist,
leisure, family/relative visit, meeting/seminar, playing/watching sports, joining religious activities,
including, travel for health care or the others, not related to permanent work or study. Excluding is
travelling for merchandise trade purposes.
Tourist: any person who travelled to other provinces and staying overnight.
Excursionist: any person who travelled to other provinces in one-day trip without staying overnight.
