As of February 25 this year, the number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand has reached nearly 6 million, and this week it should exceed the current number. And Chinese tourists account for the largest number, already more than 1 million! It seems that Chinese tourists are really back in Thailand this year! 
Thailand's Minister of Tourism and Sports, Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, released tourist data this week and found that Thailand received a total of 5,981,234 overseas tourists between January and February 25 this year. These tourists created about 290 for Thailand9.2 billion baht in revenue. Among them, China is the largest country of tourists** with 1,114,316 tourists, followed by Malaysia (759,828), Russia (397,006), South Korea (387,475) and India (293,129). In the past week (February 19-25), the total number of foreign tourists entering Thailand was 763,855, a decrease of 8 from the previous week19%, a decrease of 68,134 people, and an average of 109,123 foreign tourists arriving per day. Sudawan pointed out that European tourists tend to travel less at the end of the winter holidays, which is one of the reasons for the decline in the number of tourists. 
At the same time, the ministry expects that this week (February 26 to March 3), the number of foreign tourists will rise again due to the entry into force of the permanent visa-free agreement between China and Thailand and the fact that several airlines will provide more flights to Thailand. Thailand and China agreed to permanently waive visa requirements for citizens of both countries from March 1, after the previous visa waiver policy had just expired. Thailand's visa-free policy was implemented since September last year, starting with a five-month visa waiver for visitors from China and Kazakhstan, followed by a visa-free policy for visitors from India and Taiwan in November. And during this year's Spring Festival, Thailand's tourism industry is very hot! Chinese tourists have overcrowded Thailand's airports. In the week of February 5 to 11 of the Spring Festival alone, Thailand received nearly 880,000 foreign tourists, with an average of 120,000 arrivals per day, with Chinese tourists ranking first with nearly 200,000. This Spring Festival meets Thailand visa-free, everyone likes to go to Thailand to play, after all, Thailand is very attractive in terms of consumption cost and natural environment. 
At present, there are more than 1 million Chinese tourists going to Thailand, and according to this trend, it is entirely possible for Thailand to reach the target of 8 million Chinese tourists this year, basically returning to about 10% of the pre-epidemic level. In addition, Thailand will hold the Super Songkran Festival for 21 consecutive days in 2024 this year, when a large number of tourists from all over the world will participate in the celebration, which can be said to be very lively. Friends who want to travel to Thailand can plan their trip in advance! After the permanent visa-free between China and Thailand, do we still need a visa to go to Thailand? If you go to Thailand mainly for short-term tourism, that is, if you stay for about 1 month, you can directly enter Thailand without a visa, and you do not need to apply for a visa on arrival or a tourist visa, and you can enter the country with your passport. And there is a time limit for visa exemption, a maximum of 1 month at a time is 30 days, after which you will have to leave Thailand and then re-enter, and you cannot stay for more than 90 days within 180 days, so it cannot allow you to stay in Thailand for a long time. If you go to Thailand only for occasional vacation, it is still very convenient to enter the country without a visa, if you are a long-term resident, such as staying for at least 3 months each time, you still have to apply for a corresponding long-term visa, such as a study visa, a pension visa, a work visa, an elite visa, etc. I believe that friends who want to go to Thailand are ready, if you have time, hurry up and travel to Thailand!