Bangkok Hotel Occupancy Rates 2013

The number of international tourist arrivals to Thailand in 2013 was a record 26,556,397 increasing by 19.8% Y-o-Y (year on year).

The number of international passengers disembarking at all AOT-managed airports increased by 14.7% Y-o-Y to 23,336,162 in Bangkok and by 25.8% Y-o-Y in  Phuket. The largest feeder market was Chinese with a 17.5% share of total international tourist arrivals to Thailand in 2013. The number of Chinese arrivals grew by 69.1% Y-o-Y.

Overall in 2013, strong arrival numbers resulted in rising occupancy rates, despite the number of rooms in Bangkok growing by about 10% Y-o-Y. We also saw a fall in the number of new building permits being issued for new hotels.

We saw that room rates finally started to rise after being flat for five years. The performance of hotels of all grades in Bangkok had improved from last year. The average occupancy rate of hotels of all grades in Bangkok rose to 75% from 70% in 2012. The Average Daily Rate (ADR) was also on the rise at around THB 3,200 which was an increase of 7.0% Y-o-Y.

Source: CBRE (Thailand)