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Yumber of foreign tourist arrivals at frontiers and hotel nights by month
Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

Months

Hotel Nights
1972 1973

January
february
March
April
ay
June
July
August
September
Jctober
November
December

324 555 378 518
348 L92 369 252
294 382 381 681
300 681 408 LL6
296 891 358 760
279 497 339 449
324 566 L23 T2T
328 L89 453 866
294 694 369 171
349 L16 423 973
390 681 458 264
489 372 512 257

59 010
52 291
56 905
52 642
60 590
37 109
57 618
59 963
62 TOL
TT 723
68 818
87 388

79 188
78 066
83 155
87 838
76 332
72 966
93 127
96 980
TT 557
89 635
97 296
105 597
1 037 737

lotals

Lk 021 T1k4 L 877 364 820 758

Number of foreign tourist arrivals by main purpose of visit (%)
1972 1973
Others 11.57 % 14.03 %

1972 1973
Holiday /Recreation 72.33 % 73.77 %
Business 16.10 % 12.20 %
Breakdown of total foreign tourist spending in Thailand (%)

1972 1973 1972 1973
Accommodation/Meals 48.7 % L8.7 % Shopping 26.7 % 26.7 %
Local Transport/Entertainment 16.7 % 16.7 % Others 7.9% 7.9 %

International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures

==Source

 of Information : National Statistical Office
Method of Collection :
Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars
1972 1973
Total Expenditures 63.0 72.6

1972 1973
Total Receipts 130.7 166.2
of which, from :
Germany 9.2 12.3
Japan 12.3 19.7
J.S.A. 27.6 29.1
International
. n.a. n.a.
fare Receipts

International
Fare Pavments

n.a.

n.a.

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