Figures tabulated by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports for January – November 2011 show total arrivals by nationality of 17,105,283, up 21.17 percent over the same period of 2010.Although the recent floods in Thailand did impact on arrivals during the months of October and November 2011, the growth in the January-September 2011 period as well as the post-floods bounceback was high enough to keep arrivals on a positive trend for the entire year.
The following performance analysis by market is based on the figures tabulated so far:
OVERVIEW: Visitors from East Asia totalled 9,289,474 (+27.65%), Europe 4,388,092 (+13.63%), the Americas 848,626 (+12.92%), South Asia 1,062,595 (+19.77%), Oceania 830,780 (17.64%), Middle East 563,157 (+7.69%), and Africa 122,559 (+11.84%).
EAST ASIA: East Asian visitor arrivals to Thailand comprise the biggest market share of all visitors. Of the 17.10 million arrivals in January - November 2011, a total of 9.28 million were from the East Asia region. Malaysia topped the list with 2,093,987 arrivals, followed by China 1,571,294, Japan 1,047,181 and Korea 922,077.
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