Tourism
In terms of tourism, the six affected provinces are of significance for Thailand as in 2004 they
generated 17% of total tourism revenues in the entire nation. The affected area has a total of
1,130 hotels with a total of 40,272 rooms.
Assets were destroyed and damaged by the direct action of the tsunami, and hotel occupancy
rates dropped considerable thereafter in the six affected provinces, generating significant
losses to the sector.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported at the end of January that some 328 hotels
(24% of the total room capacity) in the affected provinces were either destroyed or damaged.
The estimated replacement value of the hotel infrastructure, and of the furniture and other
goods contained therein, as well as in other tourism-related commercial facilities (stalls, shops
and restaurants)13, are summarized in the table below.
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