Thai agencies predict that 36 million foreign tourists will visit Thailand this year. The number of tourists from Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, India, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia has rebounded to pre-epidemic levels in 2019.
Kasikorn Research attributed the surge in the number of foreign tourists to Thailand's improving economy and the government's short- and long-term tourism promotion policies. The most prominent one is the visa-free entry policy implemented for tourists from multiple countries since September last year.