...I believe tourism accounts for a large part of the economy?

You are not the only one believing this, but the other day I read in another topic that tourism contributes a mere 5% to Thailand’s GNP, and that was quoting from official statistics.

Welcome to ThaiVisa, and I am sorry to have had to contradict you on your very first post.

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Maestro

5% in financial terms, you are still talking millions and millions of $ that the Thai economy could ill afford to lose, and it is also the number of jobs that the tourist industry provides, which makes tourism very important to Thailand.