BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s foreign tourist arrivals from January 1 to July 13 fell 5.62% from the same period a year earlier, the Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday.
There were about 17.75 million foreign visitors during the period, it said in a statement. Malaysia was the largest source market with 2.46 million visitors, followed by China with 2.44 million.
Last month, the Bank of Thailand cut its forecast for foreign tourist arrivals this year to 35 million from 37.5 million. There was a record of nearly 40 million visitors in 2019, before the pandemic.
(Reporting by Thanadech Staporncharnchai; Editing by John Mair)
