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Nakhon Si Thammarat statistics

Nakhon Si Thammarat received 4,499,104 visitors in 2025 (4,428,586 Thai and 70,518 foreign), generating THB 17.1 billion in tourism revenue, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. It ranked 23rd of 77 provinces by visitors and 18th by revenue.

Data through
2025
Updated
Source retrieved

Visitors

Revised

4.5million

visitors

+3.7% vs 2024 (4,336,613)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Tourism revenue

Revised

THB17.1billion

+9.0% vs 2024 (THB 15.7 billion)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Accommodation occupancy

Revised

71.6%

+1.0 points vs 2024 (70.6%)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Rank by visitors

Revised

23rd

1.3% of all province visits

Period
2025, of 77
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Visitors

Visitors to Nakhon Si Thammarat, by year2019 to 2025, Thai and foreign visitors combined.
01.3m2.5m3.8m5m20192021202320254.5m

Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Visitors to Nakhon Si Thammarat by yearThai and foreign visitors, counted in each province visited
YearAll visitorsThaiForeign
20254,499,1044,428,58670,518
20244,336,6134,273,75862,855
20234,056,5244,010,32946,195
20222,044,1362,037,1906,946
2021810,269809,642627
20202,398,0872,376,05622,031
20193,808,2533,723,47284,781

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

What the figures show

Between 2019 and 2025, visitor numbers in Nakhon Si Thammarat were highest in 2025 (4,499,104) and lowest in 2021 (810,269). Visitors in 2025 were 18.1% higher than in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreign visitors made up 1.6% of visitors to Nakhon Si Thammarat in 2025, compared with 22.1% across all provinces. Tourism revenue averaged THB 3,811 per visitor, against THB 8,102 nationally (calculated by ThailandStats from the published totals).

The ministry counts a visitor in every province they visit, including day visitors and people visiting friends or relatives. These figures are therefore visits to Nakhon Si Thammarat, not a count of different people, and foreign visitors here are not the same measure as international arrivals to Thailand.

Tourism revenue

Tourism revenue in Nakhon Si Thammarat, by year2019 to 2025, revenue from Thai and foreign visitors, Thai baht.
05bn10bn15bn20bn201920212023202517.1bn

Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Tourism revenue in Nakhon Si Thammarat by yearRevenue from visitors, Thai baht
YearAll visitors (THB)From Thai visitors (THB)From foreign visitors (THB)
2025THB 17.1 billionTHB 16.8 billionTHB 361.5 million
2024THB 15.7 billionTHB 15.4 billionTHB 298.7 million
2023THB 13.9 billionTHB 13.6 billionTHB 225.8 million
2022THB 6.3 billionTHB 6.3 billionTHB 27.4 million
2021THB 2.8 billionTHB 2.8 billionTHB 1.9 million
2020THB 8.2 billionTHB 8.1 billionTHB 76.1 million
2019THB 16.0 billionTHB 15.6 billionTHB 365.3 million

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Accommodation

Accommodation in Nakhon Si Thammarat by yearOccupancy rate and guests staying in accommodation
YearOccupancy rate (%)Guests
202571.6%2,579,467
202470.6%2,459,103
202368.1%2,247,468
202239.7%1,319,276
202116.7%567,085
202038.2%1,601,797
201957.4%2,503,837

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Compared with the Southern region

Nakhon Si Thammarat ranked 5th of 14 provinces in the Southern region by visitors in 2025.

Southern region: provinces by visitors, 2025Rank in region; national rank of 77
ProvinceVisitorsRevenueRank in regionRank of 77
Phuket14,248,853THB 555.4 billion14
Surat Thani9,291,611THB 136.5 billion210
Songkhla7,184,493THB 54.0 billion311
Krabi6,335,295THB 105.9 billion415
Nakhon Si Thammarat4,499,104THB 17.1 billion523
Phang Nga4,355,456THB 59.0 billion624
Satun2,374,987THB 13.5 billion739
Yala2,033,274THB 8.3 billion844
Chumphon1,969,220THB 8.0 billion945
Phatthalung1,943,996THB 4.5 billion1047
Trang1,774,488THB 9.1 billion1150
Narathiwat1,241,434THB 4.8 billion1260
Ranong1,031,767THB 4.0 billion1367
Pattani643,995THB 2.1 billion1474

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Nationally, Nakhon Si Thammarat ranked 18th of 77 by tourism revenue in 2025. See the most visited provinces in Thailand for the full ranking.

About Nakhon Si Thammarat

Name in Thai
นครศรีธรรมราช
ISO 3166-2 code
TH-80
Region
Southern (six-region system)
Type
Province (changwat)
Location of Nakhon Si Thammarat in ThailandNakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat highlighted

Methodology

Figures are the Ministry of Tourism and Sports' January–December province table. The publisher defines visitors (ผู้เยี่ยมเยือน) as people travelling for tourism and other purposes such as visiting friends or relatives, whether or not they stay overnight, and whether they stay in accommodation, with friends or relatives, or elsewhere. Visitors are counted in each province they visit, so the national total is a count of province visits, not of people, and foreign visitors are not comparable with international arrivals. Revenue is the publisher's estimate of visitor spending in million baht. Occupancy is the accommodation occupancy rate in per cent. Each year is taken from the most recent release that reports it after review by the publisher's statistics committee (marked R), where one exists; the release is recorded for every value. The national figures are the publisher's own totals, not sums calculated by ThailandStats.

2020 and 2021 are marked P (preliminary). For those years the publisher counts foreign visitors as foreigners who entered Thailand before the border closure and stayed in the provinces, excluding foreigners working in Thailand.

The publisher's regional subtotals are not ingested: its regional grouping changed during the period and differs from the six-region system used on this site.

Two province names are misspelt in some releases (ประจวบศิรีขันธ์, ศรีษะเกษ) and are matched to Prachuap Khiri Khan and Sisaket.

Licence: the publisher does not state reuse terms (unconfirmed). Figures are republished as attributed statistical facts.

Sources

Tourism statistics by province, annual

Source
MOTS Domestic Tourism Statistics by province
Dataset
Domestic Tourism Statistics, classified by region and province (สถานการณ์การท่องเที่ยวในประเทศ รายจังหวัด): January–December cumulative table
Last updated by publisher
17 June 2026
Retrieved
23 September 2026
Licence
Not stated by the publisher (unconfirmed)
Source releases used (5)

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