Nearly 50,000 foreign tourists arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand yesterday. Reassuring statistics reported by immigration indicate a revival of Thailand’s tourism industry, although arrivals are still nowhere near close to hitting pre-pandemic levels.
Today, Commander of the Immigration Bureau Pol. Maj. Gen. Choengron Rimphadee confirmed that the picture of a giant queue at immigration posted on social media is real and was taken yesterday, November 10, 2022.
Yesterday afternoon, an average of 20 – 25 flights per hour landed on the runway at Suvarnabhumi causing a rush at immigration. During that period, immigration processed around 3,000 people every hour, said Choengron.
Of the total 57,453 arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday, 8,026 were Thai nationals and 49,427 were foreigners.
The highest numbers of foreign arrivals came from India, South Korea, Singapore,…
