Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the 35 millionvisitor target would be achieved.
Thailand received 34.43 million international visitors between January-November 2018, up by 7.53% over the same period of last year. Tourism revenue was up by 9.79%.
Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the 35 million visitor target would be achieved.
Seven countries (China, Malaysia, South Korea, Lao PDR, Japan, India, and Russia) have generated more than one million visitor arrivals, and three more (USA, Vietnam and Singapore) would follow suit when the full year 2018 results were tabulated.
Top 10 Markets for Thailand in January-November 2018
| Rank | Nationality | No. of Arrivals | % Change |
| 1 | China | 9,697,321 | 7.86 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3,569,736 | 15.52 |
| 3 | Korea | 1,621,237 | 4.75 |
| 4 | Laos | 1,593,971 | 4.48 |
| 5 | Japan | 1,502,111 | 6.82 |
| 6 | India | 1,429,078 | 12.03 |
| 7 | Russia | 1,267,868 | 10.33 |
| 8 | USA | 993,631 | 6.37 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 956,652 | 10.18 |
| 10 | Singapore | 934,504 | 3.73 |
Remark: Preliminary figures
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports
Summary of the key results in January-November 2018:
Overview: All regions grew except the Middle East and Oceania. Visitors from East Asia totalled 23.62 million (+9.21%), Europe 5.91 million (+4.03%), the Americas 1.41 million (+3.70%), South Asia 1.77 million (+11.32%), Oceania 838,713 (-1.40%), the Middle East 683,420 (-6.24%), and Africa 174,565 (+9.63%).