THE NUMBER of f
orei
gn t
ouri
st
s and domest
i
c
t
ravel
l
ers i
s expect
ed t
o i
ncrease i
n t
he f
i
nal quart
er
of t
hi
s year wi
t
h a t
ot
al revenue expect
at
i
on
of Bt
628.
4 bi
l
l
i
on. Touri
sm and Sport
s Mi
ni
st
er
Kobkarn Wat
t
anavrangkul has predi
ct
ed t
hat f
orei
gn
t
ouri
st
s wi
l
l generat
e revenue of Bt
400.
4 bi
l
l
i
on
t
hi
s quart
er
, marki
ng a 2-per-cent i
ncrease f
rom t
he f
ourt
h quart
er l
ast year
. Meanwhi
l
e,
l
ocal t
ravel
l
ers are expect
ed t
o cont
ri
but
e Bt
228 bi
l
l
i
on i
n revenue, marki
ng an
8.
8-per-cent i
ncrease.
The t
ot
al t
ouri
sm revenue f
or t
he Oct
ober-t
o-December peri
od i
s expect
ed t
o be Bt
628.
4
bi
l
l
i
on, represent
i
ng a 4.
4-per cent i
ncrease f
rom t
he l
ast t
hree mont
hs of 2015. Kobkarn
sai
d cumul
at
i
ve i
nt
ernat
i
onal arri
val
s si
nce January 1 unt
i
l December 27, 2016, were 32.
1
mi
l
l
i
on, up 8.
9 per cent f
rom t
he same peri
od l
ast year
, and generat
ed revenue of Bt
1.
6
t
ri
l
l
i
on, up 12.
6 per cent
. The mi
ni
st
ry has promi
sed t
o make t
hi
s count
ry a t
op dest
i
nat
i
on
f
or f
i
ve segment
s, namel
y sport
s, medi
cal and wel
l
ness, weddi
ngs and honeymoons,
mari
ne t
ravel
, and Asean Connect – a regi
onal
connect
i
vi
t
y programme.
To mai
nt
ai
n growt
h i
n t
ouri
sm, t
he mi
ni
st
ry
wi
l
l al
so work wi
t
h t
he Transport Mi
ni
st
ry t
o promot
e t
ravel on t
he
rai
l
ways. Moreover
, Kobkarn’
s mi
ni
st
ry wi
l
l work on boost
i
ng arri
val
numbers f
rom nei
ghbouri
ng count
ri
es, namel
y Cambodi
a, Laos,
Myanmar and Vi
et
nam, by promot
i
ng t
owns near t
he borders. The
mi
ni
st
ry wi
l
l al
so of
f
er at
t
ract
i
ve campai
gns t
o l
ure t
ouri
st
s f
rom Europe, a market t
hat i
s
expect
ed t
o rebound wi
t
h rapi
d growt
h of 12 per cent i
n t
he comi
ng year
.
.