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Thailand international tourist arrivals (2019-2024)
~35.5M (2024)
Thailand recorded approximately 35.5 million international tourist arrivals in 2024 per the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, recovering toward the 39.8 million pre-pandemic peak of 2019. The 2020 collapse to 6.7 million and the 2021 trough of 0.4 million reflected COVID-era border closures. Wellness-driven arrivals are estimated at 12-15% of total inbound, with medical tourists alone numbering ~580,000 in 2024 per TAT. Average length of stay for wellness travellers reached 12.5 days in 2024, well above the 8-9 day average for general leisure visitors, materially raising per-visitor spend.
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Thailand recorded approximately 35.5 million international tourist arrivals in 2024 per the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, recovering toward the 39.8 million pre-pandemic peak of 2019. The 2020 collapse to 6.7 million and the 2021 trough of 0.4 million reflected COVID-era border closures. Wellness-driven arrivals are estimated at 12-15% of total inbound, with medical tourists alone numbering ~580,000 in 2024 per TAT. Average length of stay for wellness travellers reached 12.5 days in 2024, well above the 8-9 day average for general leisure visitors, materially raising per-visitor spend.
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What this tells you
Thailand recorded approximately 35.5 million international tourist arrivals in 2024 per the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, recovering toward the 39.8 million pre-pandemic peak of 2019. The 2020 collapse to 6.7 million and the 2021 trough of 0.4 million reflected COVID-era border closures. Wellness-driven arrivals are estimated at 12-15% of total inbound, with medical tourists alone numbering ~580,000 in 2024 per TAT. Average length of stay for wellness travellers reached 12.5 days in 2024, well above the 8-9 day average for general leisure visitors, materially raising per-visitor spend.
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Values in million arrivals. The 2020-2021 COVID trough is the deepest tourism collapse on record for Thailand.
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