Thailand foreign tourist arrivals said up 4-5% in H1 2017
text size
Business
General

Thailand foreign tourist arrivals said up 4-5% in H1 2017

PUBLISHED : 12 Jul 2017 at 17:12

WRITER: Associated Press

A 75-year-old Omani man who became the country’s first confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome infection case leaves Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in July 2015 after making a full recovery. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said the increase in Thailand’s tourist arrivals this year was partly driven my medical tourism.
A 75-year-old Omani man who became the country’s first confirmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome infection case leaves Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in July 2015 after making a full recovery. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said the increase in Thailand’s tourist arrivals this year was partly driven my medical tourism.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand rose by up to 5% in the period January to June 2017, the country's tourism minister said on Wednesday, compared with the same period last year.

Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said Thailand saw around 18 million tourist arrivals in the first half of 2017.

"Right now it is around 18 million," Mrs Kobkarn told Reuters, adding that the figure was partly driven by medical tourism.

With its world-class hospitals, Thailand, and in particular the capital Bangkok, is a medical hub that caters mostly to visitors from the Middle East and countries in Asia, as well as expatriates from Europe, Australia and North America.

Thailand expects to welcome a record number of foreign tourists in 2017.

Do you like the content of this article?
COMMENT (3)

RECOMMENDED

TRENDING