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From Bloomberg News

 

Thailand Just Got the Most Tourists Ever as Boom Continues

 

     - December foreign visitor arrivals reached a record 3.5 million
 
     - Holidaymakers are supporting growth and bolstering the baht

 

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Thailand received a record number of foreign tourists for a single month as a boom in arrivals continues.

 

Arrivals jumped almost 16 percent in December from a year earlier to an unprecedented 3.5 million, the Tourism Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Pongpanu Svetarundra said in a briefing in Bangkok on Tuesday. He predicted a fresh high in January amid the traditional peak season for tourism.

"We will continue to keep breaking records," Pongpanu said.

 

Pongpanu said the government is targeting 37 million visitors in 2018 and 3 trillion baht ($94 billion) of revenue from domestic and foreign tourists combined. That would be worth more than a fifth of the economy -- and put ever greater strain on congested airports as well as Bangkok’s packed roads and metro system.

 

The baht has strengthened more than 2 percent against the dollar this year, one of the strongest performers in Asia, prompting concern that the climb will eventually harm competitiveness in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/thailand-just-got-the-most-tourists-ever-as-boom-continues

 

 

 

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