Top 10 sources of tourists to Thailand in August, 2017

The rise in tourists to Thailand over the past two decades has been staggering. Whilst there are ebbs and flows in the tourism mix and the occasional political fracas, one thing is consistent – the rise in the tourist numbers flocking to the Kingdom. We may argue the issues in another article but here are the stark statistics which show the rise in figures over a 12 month period, comparing August in 2017 to the same month in 2016.

China, 982,212 +10.30%

Malaysia, 277,606 +9.52%

South Korea, 164,001 +16.52%

Japan, 162,703 +5.03%

Laos,158,377 +4.18%

India, 116,376 +14.77%

Hong Kong, 93,136 +8.88%

Vietnam, 90,502 +9.17%

Cambodia, 82,776 +20.84%

Singapore, 81,366 + 21.2%.