ATTA Welcomed 2.6M+ International Travelers Between January and May

9th Jun 2016

The first five months of 2016 were very busy, but also productive for the members of the Association of Thai Travel Agents. According to the report the ATTA posted this Monday, and which is based on the gees its member agencies pay to the airports to provide a service for international travelers, ATTA member companies handled more than two-and-a-half million international travelers (a total of 2,648 172) between January and May.

This represents a 15.26 per cent increase compared to the same period in the previous year, when this number was 2,297 648.

ATTA President Charoen Wangananont said:

China is still the key stimulator which will expand for the next five years… but we have to manage the growth in this market to avoid problems. Both tour operators and travel associations need to adjust strategies to cope with the surge in travel from China.

This year, January to May, 1,731 753 Chinese travelers visited Thailand, more than from any other country. This is an increase of nearly 40 per cent (39.37%) from last year’s 1,242 519.

Russia ranked second with 117,992 visits, despite a drop of 27.43 per cent from 162,599 visits in 2015 and was followed by 83,968 from India (+7.41%), 70,949 from South Korea (+10.80%) and 68,643 visits from neighboring Vietnam (-2.16%).

Suvarnabhumi Visits Drop 2.24%, Don Muang's Go Up 55.57%

In May alone, 354,115 international tourists more landed at Suvarnabhumi, reported ATTA. That is 2.24 per cent fewer than 362,231 during the same month in 2015.

Most of those travelers came from China (214,390), 7.59 per cent more than 199,257 visits in last year. Following China in May were India with 21,261 visits (up 23.12 per cent from 8,680 in 2015), Vietnam with 12,579 (down 28.67 per cent from last year’s 17,635) and South Korea with 11,660 visits in May (up 15.84 per cent from 2015’s 10,066 visits.

When it comes to Don Muang Airport, ATTA reported that there were 157,860 travellers who entered Thailand at this airport during May, which is 55.57 per cent more than 101,470 visits in May, 2015.

Here too, China topped the list with 136,055 visits in May. That’s 53.08 per cent more than 88,879 Chinese visitors in May, 2015. Indonesia was second with 7,393 visits (up 70.19 per cent from 4,344 for 2015) and Vietnam was third with 6,715 visits for May (501.70 per cent up from 1,116 visits in the same period in 2015).

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