Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:00 am May 2022 Tourist arrival figure confirmed :

% v 2019
Jan 133,903 - 3.6%
Feb. 152,904 - 4.2%
Mar 210,836 - 6.1%
Apr. 293,350. - 9.2%
May 521,410 - 19.1%

YTD 1,312,453. - 7.8%

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:33 am An impressive number in May, and the half-million may very well be true.

When I returned to Bangkok from Vietnam in mid-May, the VietJet flight was nearly full.

People pushing/pulling roller bags and youngsters hauling around huge backpacks have suddenly reappeared on the BTS and in the Bangkok streets the last 2-3 weeks. Utterly empty tourist bars/restaurants on Sukhumvit are suddenly (moderately) busy. BTS carriages are also filling up in the middle of the day and are nearly packed at rush hour.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 5:34 pm Bet they hit 7 million + by years end

The Thai government ( TAT) revealed information about Thailand tourism in the first half of the year 2022.
There were 2,124,326 visitors entering Thailand from January to June, and the 5 countries with the most people traveling to Thailand are as follows:
1. India, 234,206 people; ( families an single guys which seem to get their gold necklaces quite often stolen in Pattaya )
2. Malaysia, 196,764 people;
3. Singapore, 127,371 people;
4. United Kingdom, 125,284 people;
5. United States of America, 107,544 people;

And on 1 July 2022, the first day the Thailand Pass was discontinued, 41,823 visitors traveled to Thailand that day.
This is arrivals not necessary tourist or non thai's

yong wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 10:53 pm https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-as ... e-tourists

'Sell premium': Thailand discourages discounts, wants high-value tourists


Thailand has received about two million foreign visitors in the first six months of this year. PHOTO: AFP
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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand's hotels, businesses and private hospitals should refrain from offering big discounts to lure tourists and focus instead on raising the country's value as a premium travel destination, government ministers said on Monday (July 4).

Thailand has received about two million foreign visitors in the first six months of this year, a steady revival after its tourism industry almost collapsed due to the pandemic and more than 18 months of complex and costly entry requirements.

"We cannot let people come to Thailand and say because it's cheap," Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at an event at Bangkok's main international airport to promote tourism.

"Instead they should say, 'because it works, it's reasonable', that's where we can increase value," he said, echoing remarks by the country's tourism minister.

Mr Anutin likened the approach to that of luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

"Hold your ground. Sell premium. The more expensive, the more customers," he said. "Otherwise Louis Vuitton wouldn't have any sales."

One of Asia's most popular travel destinations, Thailand welcomed a record of nearly 40 million visitors in pre-pandemic 2019, who spent 1.91 trillion baht (S$74.70 billion), equivalent to 11 per cent of gross domestic product.

Arrivals slumped to 6.7 million the following year, and down to 428,000 in 2021, despite calibrated moves to end quarantine requirements.

It is forecasting 10 million foreign arrivals in 2022.

Earlier this year, Thailand launched a long-term visa programme for wealthy foreigners and skilled workers, sticking to its plan to lure high-spending visitors, despite major job and business losses in tourism during the pandemic.


Yong's personal comment - This Mr Anutin guy seemed to be bloody high on marijuana