Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports: China’s National Day holiday drove significant growth in the number of tourists to Thailand

China News Service, Bangkok, October 5 (Liang Junxiang, Li Yingmin) The latest data from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand on the 5th showed that from September 27 to October 3, Thailand received 522,532 foreign tourists, an increase of 8.24% from the previous week. Among them, the number of Chinese tourists reached 133,946, an increase of 41.98% from the previous week, becoming one of the major source markets with rapid growth during the same period.

Data show that Chinese tourists accounted for about a quarter of the total number of foreign tourists received by Thailand that week. The significant increase in the number of people visiting Thailand is related to the increase in travel demand during China's National Day holiday. Thailand had previously expected that about 250,000 Chinese tourists would travel to Thailand from September 25 to October 7.

Data from Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports shows that from September 27 to October 3, the number of tourists from Malaysia, India, Russia and South Korea who visited Thailand was 59,871, 46,942, 22,326 and 21,219 respectively. During the same period, the number of tourists from India and Russia increased by 16.53% and 14.23% respectively from the previous week.

From January 1 to October 3 this year, Thailand received a total of more than 23.45 million foreign tourists. Among them, there are approximately 4 million Chinese tourists, continuing to rank among Thailand’s major foreign tourist source markets.

The Thai tourism department previously stated that China’s National Day holiday is one of the important sources of passenger flow for Thailand’s tourism market in the fourth quarter. As Chinese tourists travel intensively, traditional tourist destinations such as Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiang Mai are expected to benefit further.

Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports stated that after entering October, major tourist source markets such as China, South Korea and Malaysia are welcoming holidays one after another, and are expected to continue to bring passenger flow to Thailand’s tourism industry. At the same time, Thailand will continue to pay attention to factors such as weather, air transportation and travel safety to ensure the travel experience of foreign tourists to Thailand.