Thailand welcomes 12.09 million foreign tourists in first 4 months of 2025
Total revenue from tourism goes up despite a slight dip in arrivals
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has released statistics showing that 12.09 million foreign tourists visited Thailand during the first four months of 2025, a slight decline of 0.26% compared to the same period last year. However, tourism revenue rose by 5.24% year on year, reaching 576.85 billion baht.
In April alone, which included the Songkran Festival, 2.54 million international visitors arrived to the kingdom — a 7.6% drop from April 2024. Malaysia overtook China as the top source of tourists during that month.
Top 10 countries by tourist arrivals (Jan–Apr 2025):
- China – 1,648,647
- Malaysia – 1,516,132
- Russia – 877,516
- India – 750,056
- South Korea – 582,385
- United Kingdom – 445,347
- Germany – 424,101
- United States – 401,137
- France – 382,257
- Japan – 374,896
Top 10 countries by tourist arrivals (April 2025):
- Malaysia – 362,636
- China – 317,213
- India – 206,286
- Russia – 155,314
- United Kingdom – 110,231
- South Korea – 84,455
- Germany – 82,859
- United States – 80,506
- Laos – 80,468
- Australia – 75,067
