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A few days ago, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand announced the first of 2018 During the quarter, Thailand’s tourism revenue generation data showed that foreign tourists traveled to Thailand for nearly 10 million trips, generating revenue of 570 billion baht (about 1.14 trillion yuan).

Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports said that Thailand's tourism revenue in the beginning of 2018 made another great achievement.

A total of 10,608,686 foreign tourists traveled to Thailand during the period from January to March this year, an increase of 15.39% compared to the previous year; tourism revenue reached 570 billion, an increase of 19.01% over the previous year.

Thailand had a total of 3,497,260 foreign tourists during the month of March, an increase of 16.27% compared to last year; the same year last year, Thailand’s tourism generated 190 billion in the first quarter. This year, it has increased by 22.28%.

The largest number of East Asian tourists was 2,256,798, accounting for 64.5%; Europe, South Asia, Oceania, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa ranked sequentially.

Last year last year, the largest increase in the number of tourists this year was tourists in South Asia, which was an increase of 17.94% (compared to last year). The top 5 were: China, Malaysia, Russia, Japan, and South Korea; Thai Tourism The top five countries with the highest income are the following: China, Russia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

As for Thai local tourists, the number of domestic visitors to Thai tourists in February this year was 12.57 million, an increase of 9.24% year-on-year, and the amount of revenue generated for Thai tourism was 89.2 billion baht. Last year increased by 15.8%.

April 12-16, during the Songkran Festival in Thailand, a total of 506,136 foreign tourists visited Thailand. People, 6.2% year-on-year growth, and income 2.47 million baht last year, an increase of 16.2% year-on-year; Thai tourists 3.1 million, an increase of 12.4% over the previous year, teaching 1.05 million baht, an increase of 20.5% year-on-year. Thai tourists and foreign tourists combined revenue 352 Ten thousand, an increase of 12.1% over the same period last year.

In addition, more and more Thai tourists are keen to travel abroad, going abroad April 12-16. The total number of Thai tourists was 283,564, an increase of 31.4% year-on-year and a revenue of 8 billion baht, a year-on-year increase of 35.3%.

According to statistics, tourists in East Asia and Europe play an important role in Thai tourism, especially It is Chinese tourists and Russian tourists who are the main force in the Thai tourism market.

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