Tourism in Thailand made a surprisingly strong recovery from the coronavirus crisis last year: 11,15 million foreign visitors came to the Southeast Asian country.
202, when there were far-reaching travel restrictions due to the pandemic, there were only around 428.000, according to the ORF. In December 2022 alone, 2,24 million guests were received, almost ten times as many as a year earlier. The development exceeded government expectations. The tourism sector is very important in Thailand, before the pandemic it accounted for around twelve percent of gross domestic product.
The government therefore announced that it would invest the equivalent of more than 100 million euros in order to attract more guests. Despite the clear upward trend, the industry has not yet been able to regain the pre-crisis level. In 2019 there was a record number of almost 40 million foreign tourists.
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