The most read Vietnamese newspaper
Edition: International | Vietnamese
© Copyright 1997 VnExpress.net. All rights reserved.
Get VnExpress first in Google Search
See more of the news you trust. Make VnExpress a preferred source to prioritise our updates in your Google search results
The top five sources of tourists contributing to this revenue were China, Malaysia, India, Russia, and South Korea, Nation Thailand reported.
The tourism-dependent country welcomed 20.32 million international visitors during the period, down 2.96% from the same period last year.
Once a tourism powerhouse in Southeast Asia, Thailand has faced a slowdown in foreign arrivals since last year amid growing concerns over kidnapping and visitor safety.
 |
|
Tourists walk at Bangkok's Chinatown in May, 2026. Photo by Reuters |
Safety concerns have intensified following the deaths of two Russian tourists and three members of a Thai family in Chon Buri Province earlier this month, Bangkok Post reported.
The recent kidnapping of a Chinese tourist, who managed to escape before being taken across the border into Myanmar, has renewed concerns over the safety of foreign visitors.
The Thai government has cut its forecast for Chinese arrivals in 2026 from 9 million to 7 million.
It had earlier targeted six million Chinese visitors for the year before revising the figure to 5.1 million in August. While that would represent a 14% increase from 2025, it would still be less than half the nearly 11 million Chinese visitors Thailand received in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thailand targets 33 million international tourist arrivals and 1.55 trillion baht in foreign tourism revenue for 2026.
