Phuket Travel Statistics
- The number of tourists who visited Phuket in 2012
totalled 7.4 million, 86 percent of which were international tourists. (Source : Kreserch)
Phuket International Airport saw a record 9.5 million passengers pass through in 2012, up 13% on 2011 (Source: AOT)
- Top 5 International tourist arrivals to Phuket in 2012 by nationality
- China 409,988 people
- Russia 224,899 people
- Australia 196,492 people
- South Korea 173,184 people
- Malaysia 83,011 people
(Source: Department of Tourism Phuket)
Phuket Population Statistics
- Registered Population in Phuket in 2011 – 347,664 people
Male – 164,822 people
Female – 182,842 people
However, the actual population in 2011 was estimated to be between 800,000 – 1 million people.
(Source: TAT)
- Working age people in Phuket in 2012 – 323,014 people
196,354 people in employment
1,291 people unemployed
(Source: Phuket Labor Department)
- The number of foreigners living in Phuket in 2012 totalled 115,881 people, 21.1 percent of the entire Phuket population
(Source: Phuket Immigration)