Norway tourists in Phuket: arrivals by year and month

Norway accounted for 174,934 guest arrivals at Phuket accommodation establishments in 2025 — 1.7% of all foreign check-ins (10,085,407) and rank #14 among the 38 foreign rows (including the residual “Others”) the Ministry of Tourism and Sports publishes for the province. Against 2024 (191,246) that is −8.5%; against 2019, the last pre-pandemic year (146,540), it is +19.4%.

Over the whole series the market went from 109,154 in 2013 to 174,934 in 2025 (+60.3%). The best year on record is 2024 with 191,246 check-ins. The pandemic low was 2021 at 5,931. Norway’s share of foreign arrivals moved from 1.5% in 2019 to 1.7% in 2025, so the market grew faster than Phuket as a whole.

Seasonality: in 2025 the peak month was October (27,105) and the quietest March (7,584). Averaged over 2023–2025, arrivals are strongly seasonal (2.6× between July and January): November–March carries 33.2% of the year and June–August 29.9%, which makes Norway a year-round market for Phuket. Before the pandemic (2013–2019) the strongest month averaged 14.1% of the year, in December.

Definitions: a guest arrival is a check-in at a registered hotel, resort, guesthouse or serviced apartment in Phuket province, counted by the nationality given at check-in. It is not an airport arrival and not a count of people: someone who stays in two hotels is counted twice, someone in a private villa is not counted. The nationality series runs 2013–2025; the 2026 split will appear with the ministry’s 2026 annual file, expected mid-2027. Source: Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports, provincial statistics, retrieved September 2026; files refreshed 2026-09-05.