One hub per market: direct flights, the visa rule for your passport, your currency against the baht and a weekly budget converted from the Phuket Travel Price Index.
Counted inside a regional aggregate by the ministry — no separate figure.
Open the hub →Guest arrivals at Phuket accommodation by nationality, with the share of all foreign arrivals · Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand, September 2026
Source: Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports, provincial statistics, retrieved September 2026
Where you fly from decides more about a Phuket trip than the hotel does: the length of the flight, whether you need a visa, which months are your holidays and — above all — what the island costs once prices are converted into your own currency. This section keeps one hub per market. Each hub lists direct routes, the visa rule for that passport, the exchange rate to the baht with its recent history, and a weekly budget built from Phuket Travel Price Index medians, converted at the latest dated rate.
The 10 countries here are the markets we cover in depth, not a ranking. In 2025 the largest sources of foreign guest arrivals at Phuket accommodation were Russia, China and India, which together accounted for 40.3% of foreign check-ins according to Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports. The arrivals figure on each card is that ministry’s annual count of guests checking into hotels and registered accommodation on the island — not airport passengers, who include transit and domestic travellers.
Figures are shown exactly as published: no estimates, no rounding to make a story. Where the ministry keeps a country inside a regional aggregate, the card says so instead of guessing. Exchange rates come from the European Central Bank reference series; currencies outside that feed are noted on the hub. Price medians carry their observation month and sample size, and a segment without at least five observations shows no figure at all.
In 2025 the three largest foreign markets by guest arrivals at Phuket accommodation were Russia (1,748,249), China (1,285,894) and India (1,029,588) — 40.3% of foreign check-ins combined. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand, provincial statistics, retrieved September 2026.
Direct routes to Phuket (HKT) when collected, the visa rule for that passport with the date it was checked, the exchange rate to Thai baht with its recent history, guest arrivals from the country by year, and a weekly budget converted from Phuket Travel Price Index medians — hotel night, villa month, airport taxi and a day of living — at the latest dated rate.
No. The arrivals here are check-ins at hotels and registered accommodation in Phuket province in 2025, as counted by Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand. Airport passenger counts from Airports of Thailand include domestic and transit travellers and are published separately on the airport statistics page.
The ministry does not publish a separate row for Kazakhstan; those guests are counted inside a regional aggregate. The card says so instead of estimating a number, which is the rule for every figure on this site: null is better than a guess.
