Phuket Hotel Market Update — August 2010

Source: C9 Hotelworks
Coverage: First half of 2010
Focus: Hotel recovery
C9’s mid-year report describes a recovery in airport arrivals and hotel occupancy following the weaker 2009 market. The improvement in trading volumes was accompanied by pressure on room rates.
At a glance
Visitor arrivals
H1 2010 figure reported by C9 · Source p. 1
Hotel occupancy
H1 2010, compared with 61% in H1 2009 · Source p. 1
Average room-rate change
Year-on-year change reported for H1 2010 · Source p. 1
Reading the report
Higher occupancy did not mean higher room rates. The report also discusses changes in source markets and the development pipeline at that time.
What this means for buyers
Historical hotel trading is background research, not a forecast of rental income from an individual residential property.
Phuket Realtor editorial context; not a forecast from the report.
