This is good news.

After a year-long waking up and recovery since last year’s tsunami disaster, bright prospects are foreseen for the tourism industry in Thailand’s most famous southern resort when its accommodation is now back to normal, with an occupancy rate of about 80 percent during November and December.
The local tourist industry began to perk up from October, the Thai News Agency quoted Suwalai Pinpradab, head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Phuket office as saying Thursday.
She said the number of tourists visiting Phuket is rising.
“Judging from this tendency,” the TAT officer said, “we expect more than 4 million visitors will travel in Bangkok next year.”
Tourism income in 2006 is also expected to rise, she explained, but only slightly, due to higher costs of living. Via East Day