.) growth in private consumption supported by higher household income in both agriculture and non- agriculture sectors along with recovering consumer confidence; 2.) solid performance in the tourism sector
economic slowdown in key trading partners, the tensions on trade protectionism policies. Tourism sector slowed down mainly from the decreased in Chinese and European tourist figures. However, the number of
export prices along with global crude oil prices. Meanwhile, tourism sector and private consumption continued to expand especially on account of spending by medium and high income households, although
sentiment. Meanwhile, exports and tourism expanded at a slower pace, partly due to the impact of the US trade policies and a drop in Chinese tourist arrivals. Headline inflation in the third quarter of 2018
percent on an average. Asia-Pacific still ranked as the top with 8.2 percentage growth, followed by 6.3 percentage in Latin America, and 5.0 percentage in Europe. Thailand tourism industry in third quarter
within the expected range 3.) strong tourism performance especially from increased foreign tourist arrivals from Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong and India, despite having been affected by lower arrivals from
tourism sector, which is a key driver of the Thai economy in recent period, grew moderately owing to the growth in the number of tourists of most nationalities; especially tourists from ASEAN countries. For
weaker global demand as a result of slower growth in the number of major trading counterparties, the trade war between US and China, and a decreased global crude oil prices. However, the tourism sector