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Brendan Daly appointed
general manager
at Amari Orchid Pattaya
 Amari Orchid Pattaya has recently appointed Brendan Daly
to the position of general manager. An Australian with over 21 years of
experience in the hospitality industry, he has been working in Thailand for
6 years and most recently as opening general manager of the Aloft Bangkok.
Prior to this he was the resident manager at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit and
the general manager of the Sofitel Riverside Chiang Mai.
Centara becomes first 5-star hotel in Pattaya to stage
night fire evacuation drill
Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya, led by General Manager Andre
Brulhart (center) and Security Manager Sivapoth Daenchompoo (front row, 3rd
left), recently arranged the hotel’s Night Fire Evacuation Drill Program,
with full safety procedures.
The event was successful with good cooperation from the hotel guests, staff
from all departments, and Suraphol Swadivichien, head of Pattaya Disaster
Prevention & Mitigation and his team to complete the first night evacuation
drill to be held in a five-star hotel in Pattaya.
Thai tourism arrivals cross 22 million mark in 2012
Thailand has achieved record-breaking visitor arrivals, crossing the 22
million mark for the first time in 2012. Figures tabulated by the Ministry
of Tourism and Sports for January - December 2012 show total arrivals by
nationality of 22,303,065, up 15.98 percent over 2011.
Commenting on the performance, TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni said, “We
are overjoyed to have achieved this result in the year the people of
Thailand commemorated the 85th birthday of His Majesty the King. It is also
a tribute to the cooperation and creativity of the entire Thai travel &
tourism industry for the huge effort that has been made to ensure that
travel & tourism remains a leading industry for job creation, distribution
of income nationwide and contribution to culture, heritage and environmental
preservation.”
The governor said that the primary contributor to this result was the
prevalence of global, regional and local peace and stability. “Last year,
the world was generally at peace and there were no major geopolitical,
economic, environmental or natural disasters and no health pandemics. Travel
& tourism can only flourish worldwide if the underlying conditions that
support it remain free of disturbance and disruption. That is one of the
most important lessons for the entire industry to learn worldwide,” he said.
The highlight of the results was the fact that six countries, five of which
are within the Asia-Pacific region, are now producing more than one million
annual visitor arrivals. These are Malaysia, China, Japan, Korea, India and
Russia.
The following performance analysis by market is based on the figures
tabulated so far:
Overview: Visitors from East Asia totaled 12,502,194 (+20.84%), Europe
5,617,817 (+10.12%), the Americas 1,080,148 (+13.40%), South Asia 1,289,641
(+11.36%), Oceania 1,046,753 (+12.13%), Middle East 604,659 (+0.58%) and
Africa 161,853 (+17.36%).
East Asia: East Asian visitor arrivals to Thailand comprise the biggest
market share of all visitors. Of the 22.30 million arrivals in 2012, a total
of 12.50 million (+20.84%) were from East Asia regions.
By this year, two source-markets, China (2.7 million) and Malaysia (2.5
million) are now generating more than two million annual arrivals each. And
two source-markets, Japan (1.3 million) and Korea (1.1 million) are
generating more than one million arrivals each.
The ASEAN countries in total are generating over six million arrivals, with
spectacular growth by Cambodia (+59.74%), Vietnam (+24.36%), Indonesia
(+21.02%), Myanmar (+17.40%) and Laos (+6.63%).
Europe: The European visitors showed a good growth rate of 10.12% to 5.61
million. Russia is the largest source market from Europe with arrivals of
1,317,387, up 24.97%. United Kingdom is the second highest source market
with a total of 870,164, up 2.98%, followed by Germany 681,566, up 10.08%.
The Americas: Arrivals from the Americas showed a good growth of 13.40% to
1,080,148. The main market, US, increased by 12.57% to 767,420. Arrivals
from both Canada and Brazil showed positive growth of 12.18% and 22.18%.
South Asia: Arrivals from South Asia grew by a strong 11.36% to 1,289,641.
India has gone to the top of the list from South Asia with arrivals up by
11.03% to 1,015,865, making it the region’s fastest growing market, followed
by Sri Lanka 73,338, (+36.73%).
Oceania: Arrivals from Oceania grew by 12.13% to 1,046,753 visitors.
Australian visitors were up 12.14% to 930,599 and New Zealand +12.28% to
113,509.
Middle East: Arrivals from the Middle East showed a slight growth of 0.58%
to 604,659 with all markets up. Israel is the largest source market with
arrivals of 129,184 (+3.27%) followed by UAE 113,174 (+4.20%) and Kuwait
64,536 (+15.68%).
Africa: Arrivals from Africa were up by 17.36% to 161,853. South Africa is a
major market and has showed significant growth of 10.22% to 75,496.
In 2013, the TAT is confident that if the global, regional and local
situation remains stable, this year will see Thailand receive 24.5 million
arrivals, generating a projected tourism income of 1,149 billion baht. (TAT)
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