July foreign tourist arrivals rise 4.7% y-o-y

July foreign tourist arrivals rise 4.7% y-o-y

Tourists chat during a tour at Wat Pho in Bangkok, Aug 16, 2019. (AP Photo)
Tourists chat during a tour at Wat Pho in Bangkok, Aug 16, 2019. (AP Photo)

Tourist arrivals rose 4.72% in July from a year earlier, after rising 0.89% in June, the tourism ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The 3.33 million tourists in July spent about 167.3 billion baht, up 3.11% from a year earlier.

Visitors from China, Thailand's biggest source of tourists, rose 5.81% in July from a year earlier, after dropping 7.1% in June.

Foreign tourist receipts make up about 12% of Thailand's gross domestic product.

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