The Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported that the tourist arrivals to the country in the first 2 months of this year jumped to over 7 million.

People take a wefie at a shopping mall in Bangkok (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

In a press conference on the tourist arrival statistics between January and February, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Panupong Sawetarun disclosed there had been more than 7.1 million foreign visitors during the past 2 months. February alone saw more than 3.5 million foreign tourist arrivals.

More than 1.2 million of the visitors last month were Chinese people opting to spend their Chinese New Year holiday touring the country, representing a new high over the past several years. Other main groups of visitors were from Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Laos, France, India, Germany and the US.

Thailand’s tourism revenue in February surged 23.78% to over 190 billion THB. The figure during the past two months soared 17.47% to 380 billion THB. Secondary tourist destinations in 55 provinces across the country are also trending upwards, with the number of visitors particularly high in Buriram, Nakhon Nayok, and Loei.

(Source: VNA)