A month after reopening, Thailand sees gradual tourism recovery

An AirAsia airplane is seen at the airport of popular tourist destination Chiang Mai, as the country reopens its borders to vaccinated tourists in Bangkok, Thailand November 16, 2021. Picture taken on November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand was among the first countries in Asia to reopen for foreign arrivals, and it is seeing a slow recovery, including new hotels touting longer stays for individual travellers.

In the first 10 months of 2021, Thailand saw 106,117 foreign tourists https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/thailand-has-over-20000-foreign-visitors-oct-after-gradual-reopening-2021-11-23, a drop from 6.7 million in 2020. Before the pandemic, Thailand saw about 40 million visitors a year.