Thailand's tourist numbers maintained at 32m
The Office National Economic and Social Development Board has maintained the tourist number target for 2016 at 32 million, despite terrorist attacks in Paris.
Paramethi Wimolsiri, the NESDB's secretary-general, said today that the attacks' negative sentiments on the global tourism industry would be short-lived.
He said that Thailand's tourism fundamentals remain strong and security units have toughened their measures.
"The economic impacts will be short-lived. It is likely that (the attacks) would affect the number of tourists to Thailand," he said.
After the Erawan Shrine bombing in August, Thailand has witnessed an increase in visitor arrivals. The NESDB is convinced that in the fourth quarter, the number would reach 8 million. The full-year visitor arrivals are expected to hit a new record high of 30 million.
