Tourism statistics for March 2013 show a 19.19% increase in international travelers compared to the same month last year. In March 2013 there were 2,259,237 tourists arriving in Thailand compared to 1,895,560 the year before. So far this year there has been an 18.94% increase which should mean that Thai tourism will surpass last year’s record of 22,353,903 foreign tourists.
The main group of visitors during March 2013 were Chinese at 396,895 tourists. This is an incredible 99.68% increase on this time last year. Thai tourism can thank the phenomenal success of the Chinese movie “Lost in Thailand” for this. The second biggest group of tourists were Russians (190,816), followed by Malaysians (175,628), Japanese (133,650), Koreans (102,769), Germans (89,558), Indians (89,043), British (82,246), Americans (73,463) and Australians (71,935).
The busiest immigration entry point in Thailand was obviously at Suvarnabhumi Airport with 1,368,394 foreign tourists arriving in March 2013. This was followed by Phuket Airport (282,243), Don Mueang Airport (178,400), Sakaeo (80,118), Nong Khai (59,487), Aranyaprathet (48,372), Chiang Mai (27,123), Krabi (24,791), Phuket Harbour (22,389) and Si Racha Harbour (20,713).
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