Two million visitors logged

Indians and Malaysians are leading a tourist rush to Thailand after it relaxed entry rules, with total arrivals topping two million since the start of the year and providing a fillip to the South-East Asian nation’s sluggish economy.

Foreign tourist arrivals totalled 2.03 million between Jan 1 and June 26, deputy government spokesman Traisuree Taisaranakul said in a statement on Monday.