Phuket Boosts International Visitors, Bali Grows Domestic Market
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Phuket and Bali are experiencing tourism growth with record hotel rates but face infrastructure challenges and have yet to return to pre-COVID arrival levels.
STR reported on China hotel data for the week ended November 30. Hotel RevPAR in China was up 2.4% year over year. It was up against a tough +55.6% comp in the year ago week. Truist Securities said this was the first positive clean-comp result this year since the comparisons became more difficult in 1Q.
The Macau Government Tourist Office announced the region’s target of 33 million visitors for 2024 is likely to be surpassed, potentially reaching 34 million by the end of December. Macau welcomed 39.4 million tourists in 2019, so they still have some work to do.
The Hanoi Department of Tourism said in the 11 months of 2024, the total number of tourists to Hanoi is estimated at 25.33 million, up 11.7% over the same period in 2023. November saw arrivals total 2.18 million, up 16% over November 2023. International tourists were up 28.4% at more than 680,800 arrivals. Domestic tourists were up 7.1% to 1.5 million. The average hotel room occupancy rate in November w
