Thread: Tourists generate 2.1 trillion baht during first 10 months

BANGKOK, 20 November 2017 (NNT) - The Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports, Pongpanu Svetarundra, said arrivals to Thailand generated tourism revenue of more than 2.1 trillion baht during the first 10 months of 2017.

Mr. Pongpanu said international tourist arrivals stood at over two million in October, up 20.92 percent from a year ago.

Last month, most foreign tourist arrivals were from East Asia, followed by visitors from Europe, South Asia, and North and South Americas respectively.

The Chinese remained the largest group, followed by the Malaysians and the Laotians, while the largest spenders were the Chinese, Russians and Malaysians, respectively.

From January to September this year , local tourists generated revenue of 695.2 billion baht, up 7.34 percent from the same period of 2016.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Tourists generate 2.1 trillion baht during first 10 months

Originally Posted by misskit

the largest spenders were the Chinese

Oh dear...and conventional TD wisdom has it that the Chinese are bad news for the economy because they don't tend to join in the whoring, boozing fun like the good old boys.

'spending' being defined as what? Total spent per group or what the individual spends on a daily basis?