About 15.5 million foreign tourists will probably visit Thailand this year, according to Kasikorn Research Centre.

The leading think tank forecasts that the number of foreign tourist arrivals for 2010 will increase by 10 per cent over last year.

This would pump about 536 billion baht into the economy.

The foreign tourist arrivals in 2011 should rise by another five per cent over this year if there is no new violence, generating about 555 billion baht in revenue next year, the centre predicts.

"Tourism growth cannot be achieved without cooperation from all sides.

"With a stable political situation, peace will be achieved and there would be no disunity in the country. This would make foreign tourists more confident of their safety while in the country," the KRC said.

Writer: Somruedi Banchongduang
* Published: 18/11/2010 at 12:03 PM
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