Published on : Friday, March 29, 2019
There were 7,291,494 visits up 2.53% for January and February.
Visitor arrivals are based on an Immigration Bureau head count of travellers entering the country via land, sea and air border checkpoints not considering of the purpose of their visits.
China continues to be Thailand’s top source of tourists with 2,122,746 visits, but it exhibited a decline of 2.20%, which continues a negative trend since July 2018.
Malaysia was the second top market delivering 597,309 visits, marking an increase of 10% year-on-year. Russia in third place registered 421,045 visits, but down 0.22% when compared to the first two months of 2018.
At a glance, Thailand’s travel boom is prepared for another record year of at least 40 million visits, but latest data suggests declining performances in Europe, which is enough for tourism officials to be uncomfortable.
For Middle East, only two markets, Israel up 9.03% and the UAE up 13.31%, show positive trends.
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