Thailand welcomes 3.26mil foreign tourists in February

FILE PHOTO: A tourist poses for photographs as she visits the Wat Rong Suea Ten Buddhist temple, popularly known as "Blue Temple," in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province on May 26, 2025. - AFP

BANGKOK: Thailand welcomed 3.26 million foreign tourist arrivals in February, marking a 4.63 per cent increase compared to a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday (March 3).

According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the South-East Asian country generated an estimated 160 billion baht (about US$5 billion) in inbound tourism receipts last month, representing an expansion of 6.06 per cent year-on-year.