Thailand announced recently that their Country has received around 29 million Tourist Arrivals from January to October of this Year of 2024, earning around Usd 39.6 billion in Terms of Revenue from these Arrivals. This means an average of 2.9 million Foreign Arrivals per Month, and earning Usd 3.9 billion per Month from these Foreign Tourists.
Thailand’s main Source of International Tourists was China, where 19% or 5.7 million out of the 29 million were from there. The next four Sources are Malaysia, India, South Korea and Russia, no European Country or the United States (US) were in the Top Five sources of Tourists for Thailand.
In contrast, the Philippines only attracted 4.8 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals for the same Period, or an average of only 480,000 per Month. Put it another Way, the Philippines only got two Months worth of Foreign Tourists in Thailand, or what took the Philippines ten Months to achieve, Thailand did it in only two Months.
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Thailand greets 29 million Tourists this Year, earns 1.35tn baht {Archived Link}
Tourist Arrivals hit 4.8 million in 10 Months {Archived Link}