The Ministry of Tourism of Thailand has published the latest Tourism Statistics for the past year 2021. As you know, Thailand started the Phuket Sandbox program on 1st July 2021 and later on, on 1st November, started the Test and Go program. Those 2 options allowed tourism to travel back to Thailand.

Thailand Tourism Statistics for 2021

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Nationality / RegionJan Feb MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary to December
EAST ASIA1749135021122579211321863610299628602830167323231173428 TOTAL
ASEAN5133696981042949118513289741026132268691654532820 TOTAL
Brunei030100110451126 Total
Cambodia1571501367970165141128179241113223364914 Total
Indonesia11111459262731131251581386669832577 Total
Laos1213271961331141731195355733 Total
Malaysia711111219021722815424624581150624505511 Total
Myanmar91612441834443037793125378135635867256 Total
Philippines514578838615633020514925378718554078 Total
Singapore737473897850120989913998340555931 Total
Vietnam2946103718670616454572399141794 Total
China57235958964350532310329766975042328451513043 Total
Hong Kong74115144110701011209446762714361657 Total
Japan193223212304211274611560673306223836569461 Total
Korea3142413883733222673652643114924171456912077 Total
Taiwan63356798441913611684893236011675 Total
Others20814912171812234153219892695 v
EUROPE4072286429263331214017807564723451781197252573149314250948 TOTAL
Austria102424968462012313498332117332995486 Total
Belgium1285663715653212258150353118727995386 Total
Denmark1085262704545184143157448203051368480 Total
Finland1476971803024608488149137939586139 Total
France53127725934425320412231265758141148161212023461 Total
Germany8575756116603632421208116410142693115882489945874 Total
Italy571311171207950225254194254109027515322 Total
Netherlands12212112715210081386341234461176646488539 Total
Norway756873543646102101118281143833715763 Total
Russia373284256346213183234270341121858362120530759 Total
Spain52384562434211617712019795816643514 Total
Sweden213104108110667020419819647925421280417094 Total
Switzerland24018115219390643932771986502582640911429 Total
United Kingdom65252860459645346021681863846159075922131138663 Total
East Europe27821219926815812940542042299250321853227047 Total
Others13712613013710967321285244464156444087992 Total
THE AMERICAS1044836919146313469952915231218332633100492105047395 TOTAL
Argentina135781151729171168191382 Total
Brazil263014683551615836492357871450 Total
Canada22610913918611369264271255438151328576440 Total
USA75766872511721156850251018891485206679601664237880 Total
Others222434293120636540692735731243 Total
SOUTH ASIA16516721923796593421721594332276795312278 TOTAL
Bangladesh2539564927788106337312901955 Total
India784664103182121711299195106745246544 Total
Nepal519127118241497236406 Total
Pakistan3040564521443823752465911182 Total
Sri Lanka144712443723936103323576 Total
Others131924212522291914503909891615 Total
Oceania250140159239231584292942343231810679210851 Total
Australia2011161301794111343241180253162061999577 Total
New Zealand36212757037825145561705691151 Total
Others133231910429142024123 Total
MIDDLE EAST293283264479162379282919121809184770951234229694 TOTAL
Egypt8314131271670211834120166610 Total
Israel58377316931441334115513749693333546114038 Total
Kuwait12115778103414034123716525275313823733 Total
Saudi Arabia062408911334179211467 Total
U.A.E.302331490275472436716697219064061 Total
Others7657661410144528245182392173832166785 Total
AFRICA1211011382011721373671851642347207353275 TOTAL
S.Africa523152103894219170441043222581358 Total
Others6970869883951761151201303984771917 Total
GRAND TOTAL7694574167378529605256941805615105122372027291255230497 427869 GRAND TOTAL

Some interesting data from the Thailand Tourism Statistics 2021

▪️ The total of tourists that arrived to Thailand on 2021 was 427,869 people. Far from the 39.9 million of 2019.

▪️ 54% of them arrived in December.

▪️ 75% of them arrived after the Test and Go was approved.

▪️ 58% of them were from Europe.

▪️ Only 13,043 tourist were from China. In 2019 they were 10.9 million.

▪️ 24,899 tourists were from Germany, making it the country’s largest source of visitors, followed by United Kingdom (21,311 pax) and Russia (21,205 pax).