Covid: Thailand tourism up but still below pre-pandemic level - BBC News

The holiday destination is set to start charging overseas visitors $9.20 each from the start of June.

9 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsCoronavirus pandemicImage source, NARONG SANGNAK/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, A Chinese tourist at the Temple of the Emerald BuddhaThailand says tourist numbers jumped last year, as coronavirus restrictions were eased, but remained way below pre-pandemic levels.

The South East Asia holiday destination saw 11.81m tourists in 2022 - up from just 400,000 the previous year.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand also forecast that figure will more than double to 25m this year.

However, those figures are still much lower than the record 39.8m tourists Thailand saw in 2019.

The country is set to start charging overseas visitors 300 baht ($9.20; £7.40) each from the start of June.

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