Kingdom to welcome 25m visitors this year
Tourist arrivals topped 12 million late last month and are on course to reaching 25 million by the end of the year, according to the government.
From the beginning of the year to June 25, tourist arrivals numbered 12.46 million, up 539% on the same period last year, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.
The five countries with the biggest numbers of visitors to the kingdom this year are Malaysia (1.9 million), followed by China (1.3 million), Russia (784,428), South Korea (741,909) and India (732,523).
The big rise in tourist numbers corresponds to a steep increase in airport use reported by the Airports of Thailand from October last year, which marked the start of the current fiscal…
