Thailand records 9.4 million tourists in first 3 months, $12.4 billion in spending, government says

(Reuters) – Thailand recorded 9.4 million foreign tourists in the first three months of this year, who contributed an estimated 454.6 billion baht ($12.4 billion) to the economy in spending, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.

Thailand is targeting a record of 40 million tourists this year, a figure close to that of pre-pandemic 2019.

(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpant; Writing by Martin Petty)