VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THAILAND IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2001

According to information and tabulated by nationality, visitor arrivals at Bangkok airport totalled 491,186 in October 2001, a decline of 9.12% over October 2000.

Visitors from major markets in October 2001 included East Asia (with total arrivals of 235,502, down 12.80% over October 2000), Europe (141,945 or up 0.47%), the Americas (41,292 or down 19.47%), South Asia (21,811 or down 22.26%), Oceania (28,944 or up 11.41%), Middle East (14,389 or up 14.49%) and Africa (7,303 or up 4.76%).

Also in October 2001, visitors from major contributing countries included Japan (56,115 or down 27.24%), China (43,849 or up 7.08%), the UK (40,323 or up 9.97%), Korea (32,897 or down 7.62%), the US (31,861 or down 21.63%), Taiwan (30,276 or down 12.04%), Germany (25,495 or up 4.43), Australia (23,778 or up 10.14%) and Malaysia (13,256 or down 20.06%).

In September 2001, Thailand welcomed 729,141 international visitor arrivals (by country of residence and excluding overseas Thais), a slight decline of 0.81%. Details of major markets are as follows:

Visitors from East Asian totalled 463,230 in September 2001, a decline of 3.97% over September 2000. Major contributing markets included Japan (107,074 or down 5.33%), Malaysia (97,767 or up 3.13%), Taiwan (51,642 or down 23.88%), China (48,900 or down 3.51%) and Korea (35,170 or up 22.51%).

European visitors totalled 137,434 in September 2001, an increase of 11.48% over September 2000. Two major markets were the UK (35,340 or up 7.65%) and Germany (25,032 or up 17.86%).

Also in September 2001, visitors from the Americas totalled 32,864 (down 11.42% over September 2000), those from South Asia totalled 23,467 (down 21.11%), Oceania totalled 40,977 (up 8.16%), Middle East totalled 22,897 (up 30.39%) and Africa totalled 8,272 (up 14.97%).