Thai Tourism Sees Growth In Line With The Target

The Thai tourism industry recorded total international arrivals of 31.25 million in January-October 2018, up 7.84%, generating an estimated 1.63 trillion Baht in tourism revenue, up by 9.98% over the same period of 2017. China headed the list with more than nine million arrivals.

Overview: All regions grew well except the Middle East and Oceania. Visitors from East Asia totalled 21.58 million (+9.71%), Europe 5.24 million (+4.24%), the Americas 1.25 million (+3.01%), South Asia 1.60 million (+10.75%), Oceania 766,119 (-1.74%), Middle East 635,311 (-6.29%), and Africa 158,630 (+8.41%).

Top 10 markets for Thailand in January – October 2018

Rank	Country	No. of Arrivals	%Change
1	China	9,022,192	10.03
2	Malaysia	3,179,768	12.73
3	South Korea	1,466,676	4.77
4	Lao PDR.	1,446,835	4.92
5	Japan	1,353,301	6.89
6	India	1,287,978	11.23
7	Russia	1,101,619	11.75
8	Vietnam	881,551	9.46
9	USA	875,485	5.61
10	Hong Kong	850,498	25.46