On September 17, Thailand's Minister of Tourism and Sports, Mr. Solaon, revealed that last week (September 9-15) a number of tourist groups in the tourism market were able to recover, resulting in a 19.31% increase in the number of tourists compared to the previous week, especially the short-haul market tourists reached 502,733, an increase of 26.48%, mainly due to the impact of Malaysia's National Day, China's Mid-Autumn Festival and national holidays such as Japan and India.
As a result, the number of foreign tourists to Thailand last week totaled 636,932, an increase of 103,081 or 19.31% from the previous week, with an average of 90,990 daily arrivals; The top five foreign arrivals last week were: Malaysia (152,739), China (107,268), India (39,809), Korea (37,480) and Japan (27,913).
He said foreign tourists to Thailand are expected to remain stable this week, and the main positive factors are the arrival of holidays in many countries in East Asia, including the Thailand government's visa-free measures and support for airlines to increase the number of flights. From January 1 to September 15, 2024, the total number of foreign tourists to Thailand reached 24,810,988, generating 1.162419 trillion baht, and the top 5 foreign tourists are as follows:
1. China: 5,002,975
2. Malaysia: 3,517,586
3. India: 1,442,978
4. Korea: 1,316,895
5. Russia: 1,119,768 people