The territories of high-value tourism

1 of 7 · The national plan

Fewer crowds, more value: the plan wants stays that last

The plan aims to develop 22 international tourism centres, Bangkok included, and to steer visitors towards higher-value stays: health, wellness, conferences, culture. This guide follows the one who stays, from the Andaman coast to the gulf.

international tourism centres, Bangkok included

22

2 of 7 · Arrival · the Andaman

Six provinces, one wellness corridor

The plan brings Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga, Ranong, Trang and Satun together in a health and wellness corridor, with a shared master plan and larger airports in Phuket and Krabi. Of these 6 provinces, our database tracks only Phuket: 1,358 developments.

provinces in the wellness corridor

6

developments tracked in Phuket

1,358

3 of 7 · The coast · Phuket

What the visitor buys first is the waterfront

The plan lists Phuket among the coastal and maritime tourism territories. Along its west coast we count 41 named beaches. Within 300 m of a beach, a villa's median asking price is 142,144 ฿ (€3,704) per m²; beyond 1,000 m, 67,837 ฿ (€1,768): 110 % more by the water.

฿ per villa m² within three hundred metres of a beach

142,144 ฿/m²

% more than beyond one kilometre

110%

4 of 7 · Healthcare · Phuket Town

For care, the town; for the view, the coast

Vachira Phuket is one of the country's 35 level-A hospitals, the best equipped in the public network, and Phuket is the only Andaman province selected for complex-disease care. Around the hospital, within five kilometres, the asking price is 54,305 ฿ (€1,415) per m²; beyond ten kilometres, towards the beaches, 89,556 ฿ (€2,334).

฿ per m² within five kilometres of the hospital

54,305 ฿/m²

฿ per m² beyond ten kilometres

89,556 ฿/m²

5 of 7 · The old town · Phuket

The old town the plan protects is hardly for sale

The plan lists Phuket among the old towns to conserve and among the creative and cultural tourism territories. In the two sub-districts of its old town, Talat Yai and Talat Nuea, we track only 19 developments; in Rawai, in the south of the island, 164.

developments tracked in the old town

19

in Rawai

164

6 of 7 · The other sea · the gulf

On the gulf, the waterfront costs less than in Phuket

On the gulf, the plan targets an international coast, "The Royal Coast", from Cha-am to Hua Hin, and lists Samui among the coastal territories. Near the water, the m² gains 66 % in Hua Hin for a condo and 42 % on Samui for a villa, against 110 % for a villa in Phuket.

% more near the water in Hua Hin (condos)

66%

% on Samui (villas)

42%

7 of 7 · The method

Visit, stay, rent: three uses, three kinds of proof

Living there yourself, renting by the year or hosting visitors: the same building is not judged on the same proof. In Phuket, 22 % of the developments we track are still sold off plan: the use is checked in the project's documents, not in the brochure.