Despite the global economic slowdown, Bangkok has retained its title of the most visited city on Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index for the fourth year in a row. Mastercard's index ranks 200 cities based on a proprietary analysis of visitor volume and spending data that is publicly available.

Consumer confidence in Thailand remained optimistic in the second half of 2017, with a slight increase from the previous six months, according to findings from the “Mastercard Index of Consumer Confidence H2 2017”.