Visitor arrivals to Thailand down 1% in May-2019, arrivals from China down 9%

21 June, 2019

Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported (20-Jun-2019) visitor arrivals to Thailand for May-2019. Details include:

  • Visitor arrivals: 2.7 million, -1.0% year-on-year;
    • China: 794,913, -8.6%;
    • Malaysia: 336,127, +17.8%;
    • India: 173,033, +10.6%;
    • Laos: 147,804, +4.8%;
    • Japan: 116,440, +6.7%;
    • South Korea: 111,911, -8.8%;
    • Hong Kong: 84,897, +2.1%;
    • US: 82,815, +2.0%;
    • Singapore: 77,978, -8.6%;
    • Taiwan: 65,691, +8.8%;
    • UK: 61,653, -0.1%;
    • Australia: 59,366, +3.4%;
    • Russia: 55,738, -2.4%;
    • Germany: 36,741, -19.5%;
    • France: 35,207, -8.2%;
  • Tourism spending: THB134.6 billion (USD4.4 billion), -1.0%. [more - original PR]