Thailand saw 1m Chinese visitors from January to Mid-May
Thailand received 1m Chinese tourists between January and May 18, a government official said on Sunday, after China’s border reopening. The government expects the number of Chinese visitors to meet its target of 5m this year, with spending of 446b baht ($13.18b), government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said. Last year, about 274,000 Chinese tourists visited the Southeast Asian country, compared with 11m in pre-pandemic 2019, or about 28% of the total. Overall foreign tourist arrivals were 9.47m from January to mid-May, the government earlier said, compared with the 11.15m visitors in the whole of 2022. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy grew faster than expected in Q1, driven by the continued pickup in the crucial tourism sector, a key source of jobs that was decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic.<br/>
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Thailand saw 1m Chinese visitors from January to Mid-May
Thailand received 1m Chinese tourists between January and May 18, a government official said on Sunday, after China’s border reopening. The government expects the number of Chinese visitors to meet its target of 5m this year, with spending of 446b baht ($13.18b), government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said. Last year, about 274,000 Chinese tourists visited the Southeast Asian country, compared with 11m in pre-pandemic 2019, or about 28% of the total. Overall foreign tourist arrivals were 9.47m from January to mid-May, the government earlier said, compared with the 11.15m visitors in the whole of 2022. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy grew faster than expected in Q1, driven by the continued pickup in the crucial tourism sector, a key source of jobs that was decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic.<br/>
