Popular Post webfact Posted February 28 Popular Post Share Posted February 28 The Thai tourism minister says a total of 5,981,234 international visitors arrived in the kingdom between January 1 and February 25. Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol estimates this has resulted in tourism revenue of over 290 billion baht. Most visitors are from China, with 1,114,316 during the first 8 weeks of the year, dominating the first place for arrivals. They were followed by Malaysia, with 759,828, and Russia, with 397,006 travellers. South Korea and India are also proving to be lucrative markets, with 387,475 and 293,129 arrivals respectively. Thailand welcomed 763,855 foreign arrivals during the past week of February 19 – 25, a decrease of 8.19% on the week before. This is still an average of 109,123 arrivals per day. By Peter Roche FILE PHOTO: Tourists arriving Thailand Suvarnabhumi Full story: PhuketGO 2024-02-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChaiyaTH Posted February 28 Popular Post Share Posted February 28 (edited) How many are actual tourists instead of transit people? I know a lot who went to laos or cambodia to then fly back to bangkok before flying home. As always these numbers say nothing.. Thai news is almost like the matrix, it repeats same articles constantly. Edited February 28 by ChaiyaTH 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Amazing TAT.... 6 million divided by 8 multiply with 52 is 39 million ... and the high season has to come yet... Celebrations for you.....but I don't believe it. Arrivals are not always tourists, but can be Thai people just coming home from a holiday. expats and business men from a holiday or seminar and of course people in transit... Edited February 28 by ikke1959 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted February 28 Popular Post Share Posted February 28 I reckon Phuket must be one of Russia's most populated islands by now. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Good start to the year for them, 12% ahead of the rate required to meet their 35 million target in 2024. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Welcomes? I don't think so. From ridiculously long queues at Suvarnabhumi to a panoply of scams and to dual pricing. None of that is welcoming. It's not the foreigners that are welcome, it's only their wallets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Not the way to welcome tourists:- A photo of a packed walkway heading for the endless queues at immigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 18 hours ago, webfact said: The Thai tourism minister says a total of 5,981,234 international visitors arrived in the kingdom between January 1 and February 25. Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol estimates this has resulted in tourism revenue of over 290 billion baht. Estimates something that he has no clue about peoples spending habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Being made to stand for long periods in queues and addressed by a surly IO is what passes as 'welcomed' these days is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 But looking at that list where has the quality gone this year 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 18 hours ago, webfact said: Malaysia, with 759,828, Mostly males visiting Hat Yai to purchase their weekend oats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lister Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 42 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: But looking at that list where has the quality gone this year 🤔 What's your definition of quality tourist, presumably not anyone from those countries on the list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyara Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: Estimates something that he has no clue about peoples spending habits. The Minister for Tourism you refer to is a she not a he, just thought I'd mention it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 52 minutes ago, kinyara said: The Minister for Tourism you refer to is a she not a he, just thought I'd mention it. Oooop's my bad, I forgot Phipat got moved on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lister Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 3 hours ago, hotchilli said: Estimates something that he has no clue about peoples spending habits. What statistic would you like to have confirmed? Length of stay, nationality, mode of transport, spend per day...you name it and it's tracked. You can safely ignore the warnings about the site not being secure or the file having been tampered with,. http://statbbi.nso.go.th/staticreport/page/sector/en/17.aspx Or how about this one, expenditure by region: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140532/thailand-value-of-spending-per-tourist-by-region-of-origin/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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