Thai tourism is booming

Thailand has welcomed more than 12 million foreign tourists during the first four months of this year, the Tourism Authority of Thailand announced.

But, surprisingly. Australian visitors do not rank among the top 10. 

  
The TAT said 12,127,447 foreign tourists entered Thailand from January 1 to April 30, an increase of 142.87% from the same period last year.

TAT said the top nationalities s that visited Thailand during the first four months were: 2,351,909 Chinese; 1,569,856 Malaysians; 767,210 Russians; 679,481 South Koreans and 643,587 Indians. 

Then came Laotians, Germans, Britons, Taiwanese and Americans. 

The TAT said it expected some 8.27 million foreign tourist would enter Thailand in the second quarter from April to June and the number of arrivals would rise 29% from the same period of last year.