Thailand charts arrivals surge with 25% increase
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Recent statistics state that visitor arrivals to Thailand totalled 12.4 million between January-May 2015, up 25% over 2014.
The country is also on track to cross the estimated 28 m projection for the entire year.
According to latest figures released by the Department of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the top five source markets in January-May 2015 were China at 3,273,695, Malaysia (1,397,241), Japan (575,186) Korea (546,520), and Lao PDR. (459,225).
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported that total arrivals of 12,448,641 were an increase of 24.72% over January-May 2014. They generated 592.9 billion Baht in tourism income, up 25.13% over the same period. The Ministry is projecting total earnings from tourism to hit the 2015 target of 2.2 trillion Baht, comprising of 1.4 trillion Baht from international tourism and 800 billion Baht from domestic tourism.
By region, strong growth was reported in arrivals from East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and America. Only the European market showed a decline.
Analysis of visitor expenditure in the January-May 2015 period indicated that top spenders were Chinese tourists (156.839 billion Baht), followed by Malaysian tourists (33.092 billion Baht), Russians (29.021 billion Baht), the UK (27.949 billion Baht) and the US (25.047 billion Baht).
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