Thailand

STR reported Chinese hotel data for the week ended September 16th. Chinese hotel RevPAR was up 59.6% year over year. The week’s RevPAR was up against an easy decline of -11.5% year over year in the comparable result in 2022. Versus the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -5.1%. The Philippines has welcomed 3.87 […]

The Royal Thai Government announced a temporary tourist visa exemption scheme to passport holders of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Kazakhstan effective from September 25, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The government hopes this will get them to their tourism revenue target of 2.38 trillion baht. Chinese and Kazakhstani nationals will be granted […]

The Thai Hotels Association said new ministerial regulations allowingplaces of accommodation with no more than eight rooms and 30 guests to be excluded from the hotel business would lead to a 15% to 20% loss of tourism revenue and an increase in safety risks. The regulation was recently published in the Royal Gazette, and THA believes this creates more […]

Both Thailand and South Korea are aggressively trying to lure back Chinese tourists. The initiatives involve visa exemptions, tax refunds, and rewards for Chinese travelers. The Thai government has introduced visa exemptions for Chinese tourists, with plans for those exemptions to go into effect in October. The move comes as a response to a noticeable drop in Chinese tourist arrivals in the year’s […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended August 26. China hotel RevPAR was up 50.4% year over year. It was up against a 48.2% comp. Compared with the same week in 2019, China hotel RevPAR was up 19%, a solid result once again. A survey by the Thai Hotels Association and Bank of Thailand found that 29% of hotels rated […]

In the Q2 2023 Asia Pacific, excluding China, Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics, analysts state that the region is at an all-time project high of 1,936 with 401,766 rooms in the total pipeline at the quarter’s close. The Asia Pacific region, excluding China, had 172 hotel projects/26,748 rooms open in the first half of the year, […]

STR reported that China hotel RevPAR was up 22% year over year for the week ending August 5th. When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was up 6.7%. China has lifted a ban on group tours to more than 70 locations. Group tours will resume to dozens of locations in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, […]

HVS Anarock released their Hotels & Hospitality Overview for India for the second quarter. While ADR was up 16%-18%, occupancy dropped 1-3 points. RevPAR was up 13%-15%. June saw the rates drop month on month but were still above pre-pandemic levels. For the month of June, the most growth in room occupancy was seen in the metro cities […]

Tourism officials in Thailand are hoping for 2 million Russian tourists to visit the Kingdom next year. The Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Moscow office believes they could hit this record number if Thailand maintains its friendly country status with Russian government officials. Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine has Russian tourists unwelcome in many […]

Accor Pacific announced that its partners have invested more than $300 million in hotel renovations and refurbishments since the beginning of 2022. Extensive renovations and refurbishments have occurred in various locations throughout the Pacific region, including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and French Polynesia. The investment aims to enhance guest satisfaction, elevate property amenities and ensure Accor’s 400 hotels, apartments, […]

The Wall Street Journal published an article on how Chinese investors are fleeing the Western world, no longer having New York City hotels as their favorite place to put their funds. The report said the change is due to hostility to Chinese capital and that Chinese companies are now spending money on factories in Southeast Asia and mining and energy projects […]

The National Travel and Tourism Office said Chinese travelers spent nearly RMB 2.3 trillion on travel to and tourism-related activities within China in the first half of the year, up 95.9% year over year. Urban residents spent RMB1.98 trillion (US$276 billion) on travel, up 108.9% year on year while travelers from rural areas spent RMB 320 billion (US$447 […]