The civil unrest in Thailand has caused it to
drop in the global tourism rankings, taking a toll on both arrivals and tourism receipts.
The civil unrest in Thailand has caused it to
drop in the global tourism rankings, taking a toll on both arrivals and tourism receipts.
On the international tourist arrival
chart Thailand slipped to 14th last year from 10th in
2013. Thailand's 2014 international
arrivals fell 6.7% from 2013 to
24.8 million.
The 2014 tourism earnings chart also
saw Thailand drop to ninth from seventh a year ago, following new figures from the UN World Tourism
Organization.
Its 2014 tourism receipts contracted 8.1% to US$38.4 billion from $41.8 billion in
2013.
Mexico came in 10th position in arrivals
with a record 29.1 million
people.
Thailand's 2013 ranking
of seventh was assumed by
Britain in 2014 with $45.3 billion in terms of international receipts.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) attributed
the slump to political crisis and the economic woes in its main markets of
Russia, Japan and Europe.