Tourists cruise along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on March 31 this year. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) The tourist sector is practically particular to missouton its lower target of 4 million Chinese arrivals, with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) now forecasting 3.4-3.5 million travelers from the mainland this year, getting 190-196 billion baht. The target for Chinese arrivals next year is 8.2 million. The TAT atfirst set a target in February of 5-7 million Chinese arrivals this year. Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, the TAT’s deputy guv for global marketing in Asia and South Pacific, stated the most current projection of 3.4-3.5 million is based on China’s slow economy and its pivot to domestic tourist. Mr Chattan stated middle-class Chinese still takeatrip, however with a lower spendingplan. However, those with high buying power can aid raise balance costs to 56,000-58,000 baht per journey, up from 50,052 baht tape-recorded in2019 He stated the TAT’s information linesup with Alipay’s figures, which discovered Chinese visitors invested 20,000 baht per journey, leavingout lodging and airlinetickets, up from 11,000 baht per tri
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