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Tourism marketing in Phuket and Thailand

We run advertising for tour companies, excursion operators, yacht and boat businesses and rentals of villas and bikes. Our team is based on Phuket. Campaigns run per guest language and are judged by qualified leads and bookings, not by clicks

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11,400
leads for a tour company · Zapiski ob Azii
$4.19
per lead · Phuket excursions
$300,000
boat ticket, sold in month one · Motorium
Updated 12 October 2026 · Author:
Who we work with

Tourism businesses we advertise on Phuket

Excursion operators

A short decision window: tourists pick an excursion a few days ahead. What matters is testing speed and retargeting people already looking for things to do. Excursion case

Yachts and boats

A high ticket and a narrow audience: premium hotel guests, expats, boat buyers. We sell the experience and track charter and sales separately. Motorium case

Tour companies

A line of excursions and tours, several languages and repeat sales through the company's own Telegram channel. Zapiski ob Azii case

Villa and bike rentals

Rentals sell to guests before and during the trip. For bikes we have a case from Bali: 10/10 bikes sold in a month in the rainy season

Audiences

Three audiences of Phuket tourism

Russian-speaking tourists

They plan excursions and rentals before the trip and keep scrolling Instagram on the island. Both Zapiski ob Azii and Motorium ran Russian-language campaigns

English-speaking expats

They live on the island and buy the expensive things: boats, rentals, premium trips. Motorium advertised only in Thai and did not reach them until we relaunched in English and Russian

Guests of premium hotels

They have already paid for premium and are ready to spend more. For a yacht charter company we targeted guests of 5-star hotels on Phuket and in Krabi (case in Russian)

Season

Planning around the Phuket season

  1. Before the peak

    The high season falls in the dry months, roughly November to April. We start four to six weeks ahead to test creative and language groups and build retargeting audiences

  2. End of the season

    Remaining slots go to people still on the island. The excursion company sold its last slots this way and kept the warm leads for the next season

  3. Low season

    When competitors pause, impressions get cheaper. On Bali we sold all of a client's bikes during the rainy season

Channels

Channels

Meta Ads

The main channel in all our Phuket cases: Instagram and Facebook per guest language, retargeting, route videos and live footage

Google Ads

Search for guests who plan excursions and rentals before they fly

Your Telegram channel

A base for repeat sales: Zapiski ob Azii drove ad traffic to its channel alongside lead generation

Landing pages per offer

A separate page for each product and language. For Motorium we built them after analysing competitors' offers

Case studies

Results from our tourism cases

Tour company · Phuket, Thailand

Zapiski ob Azii - 11,400 leads for Phuket tourism in a year

A Phuket tour company that had never advertised. Meta Ads in Russian, English and French, constant testing of excursion type, audience language and creative format, and the client's Telegram channel as a base for repeat sales.

11,400leads in a year
35%of leads qualified
$46,800ad spend in a year
1,500Telegram subscribers
Read the Zapiski ob Azii case study →
Excursions · Phuket, Thailand

Phuket excursions - 2,761 leads at $4.19

The end of the season and remaining excursion slots to sell while tourists were still on the island. Retargeting people who had looked for activities on Phuket, drone footage of the routes, upsells of photographer, transfer and drinks.

$11,563ad budget
2,761leads
$4.19cost per lead
21.8%visitor-to-lead rate
Read the Phuket excursion company case study →
Boat sales and rental · Phuket, Thailand

Motorium - a boat sold in the first month at a $300,000 average ticket

A premium boat seller whose ads ran only in Thai, while the buyers are expats and foreigners. We relaunched in Russian and English with dedicated landing pages and opened boat rentals in parallel.

1sale in month one
$300,000average ticket
248purchase leads
$3,000ad budget spent
Read the Motorium case study →
Bike sales · Bali, Indonesia

Bali Bikes - selling out the bike stock in a month

Bike sales and rentals on Bali in the rainy season, when competitors paused their ads. A one-month campaign around a real deadline.

$551ad budget
142leads
$3.88cost per lead
10/10sold
Read the Bali Bikes case study →
Process

How we launch

  1. Product and season review
    Your excursions or fleet, prices, availability by date and current ads. We decide what sells before the trip and what sells on the island
  2. Competitor analysis
    Landing pages, offers and ads of competitors on Phuket. For Motorium it showed that nobody in the market had a clear offer
  3. Media plan per language
    A separate campaign per guest language and a cost-per-lead forecast from the closest case
  4. Creative and landing pages
    Live footage and motion, route videos, experience scenes for premium products, a landing page per offer
  5. Launch and testing
    First impressions within 48 hours of approval. Every week budget moves to the product, language and creative combinations that bring qualified leads
Budget

Budget and pricing

Minimum ad budget: $2,500 a month

Start four to six weeks before the peak, otherwise the budget goes into training the algorithms in the off-season

Our fee

From $900 a month; the exact figure is fixed in the media plan. Ad budgets are paid directly to the platforms. Pricing

FAQ

Questions about tourism marketing on Phuket

Short answers about budgets, timelines, reporting and how we work. If your question is not here, write to us: we reply within 1-2 hours during working hours

Ask your question
Which advertising works for excursions on Phuket?
In our Phuket cases the main channel is Meta Ads. An excursion company got 2,761 leads at $4.19 per lead; the tour company Zapiski ob Azii got 11,400 leads in a year (35% qualified over the first 8 months), running ads in Russian, English and French
How do you reach expats and hotel guests on the island?
With campaigns in English and Russian aimed at people already on Phuket. Motorium advertised boats only in Thai and did not reach expats; after the relaunch it sold a boat in the first month at a $300,000 average ticket and collected 248 purchase leads. For a yacht charter company we narrowed targeting to guests of 5-star hotels on Phuket and in Krabi
When should we start before the high season?
The high season on Phuket falls in the dry months, roughly November to April. We start four to six weeks before the peak so the algorithms learn before the main demand. At the end of the season we sell remaining slots through retargeting and keep the warm leads for the next season
Which languages should a Phuket tourism business advertise in?
The languages of your guests, each in its own campaign with its own creative. Zapiski ob Azii ran Russian, English and French; Motorium ran Russian and English
How much does it cost?
Our fee starts at $900 a month. The minimum ad budget is $2,500 a month, paid directly to the ad platforms
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