Thailand beats foreign arrivals goal for 2022

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Thailand has reportedly beaten its goal for foreign arrivals in 2022 after seeing a total of 11.15 million tourists enter the country last year. Initially, the Kingdom had set a goal for 10 million tourists to arrive in 2022.

But, as the world opened up after the Covid-19 pandemic, the country saw a significant jump in arrivals compared to 2021’s 428,000 visitors.

According to theNational News Bureau of Thailand, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports says the new data signifies a strong recovery for Thailand’s tourism industry, which was heavily impacted by strict entry and quarantine measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

Last December, alone, saw 2.24 million tourists arriving in the country, compared with 230,497 the year before. Before the Covid pandemic wreaked havoc worldwide, Thailand saw a record high of almost 40 million foreign tourists in 2019.

In 2022, the Ministry reported that India, Malaysia, and Singapore accounted…

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