Tourist arrivals exceed 22m

than 22 million tourists visited Thailand last year, up nearly 16 per cent year- onyear, marking a record- high for the kingdom, industry sources said yesterday.

According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, 22.3 foreigners visited Thailand in 2012, led by Chinese ( 2.7 million), Malaysians (( 2.5 million), Russians ( 1.3 million), Japanese ( 1.3 million), Koreans ( 1.1 million), British ( 870,164) and Germans ( 681,566). (

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