The line graph demonstrates how many tourists visited Phuket (Thailand) between 2000 and 2020 and the amount of those preferring to stay in hotels or apartments.
Overall, it is imminently evident that the amount of Phuket visitors grew almost 6 times during the twenty-year period. Naturally so did the numbers of those enjoying various means of accommodation. However, the while the popularity of apartments showed a relatively steady growth, the hotels became remarkably less popular by 2020.
All the tree categories of visitors demonstrated rapid growth for first 8 years. However, in 2008 the aggregate number of visitors decreased slightly from 6 to 5.8 million and then fluctuated around approximately 6 million, reaching the maximum of 6.5 million per year.
The types of accommodation chosen by the tourists was not the same in different years. Starting from 2000 the hotels stayed more attractive than renting houses and flats. This tendency, however, changed in 2005 when tourists vice versa started to give their preferences to apartments. Whereas the number of visitors staying in apartments continued the upward trend towards 4 million per year by the end of the period. Those choosing, the number of those staying in hotels decreased to almost 1,5 million following a steady decrease after a peak of 2.7 million in 2009.