Metadata

Table code EC_EI_028_S2

Title Tourism Indicators

Frequency ,Lag time and Frequency Monthly

Release schedule Lag time 1 month
Release schedule The last business day of the following month

Summary Methodology Tourism Indicators reflect the state of tourism in the country, based on the
Accommodation Occupancy Survey (including hotels, guesthouses, resorts, etc.) in
 Analytical
which the Ministry of Tourism and Sports collects information every month in all
Framework, Concepts,
provinces.
Definitions, and
Classifications Tourism indicators comprise of the following items.
1. Number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand
 Scope of the data
2. Accommodation occupancy rate
 Accounting 3. 3-month advanced booking rate
Conventions 4. Average room rental rate
5. Share of revenue from conference/seminar package to total revenue
 Nature of the Basic 6. Share of foreign tourists to total guests
Data Sources
 Compilation Item 2 – 6 are classified by regions: central (including Bangkok), north, south, and
Practices northeast.

Data collection :
Item 1: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports collects data from the Immigration
Bureau Office and calculates under a recommended compilation process by the
World Tourism Organization.
Item 2-6: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports collects data from the
Accommodation Occupancy Survey every month in all provinces with its target
response rate at 30%. The survey covers all types of accommodations (including
hotels, guesthouses, resorts, etc.) and all rental rate ranges, which can be
classified to 5 ranges: 1) less than 500 bahts, 2) 500-999 bahts, 3) 1,000-1,499
bahts, 4) 1,500-2,499 bahts, and 5) higher than 2,500 bahts.

Data compilation :
Item 2-6: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports compiles the survey results with
weighting adjustment by the number of accommodation rooms of the survey
respondent of the region and of the country as a whole.
Source of data Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Accessibility BOT’s website

http://www2.bot.or.th/statistics/BOTWEBSTAT.aspx?reportID=875&language=ENG

Revision policy Indicators are revised upon receiving updates from data sources.

General Economic Survey and Processing Team

Statistics and Information Systems Department
Tel. 66(0) 2283 5997

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