billion) of income, an 11.7 percent increase from 2016. The main driver of tourism income was spending by Chinese tourists. Meanwhile, global financial markets experienced occasional volatility amid
slightly declined from the high base of last year. For export sector, exports value remained stable for Q418 from the same period last year due to the high base effect of last year and also from the trade
Projection by KResearch Ye ar -o n- Ye ar C ha ng e (p er ce nt ) 2 for almost all of 2018 to accommodate domestic economic activity, which is continuing along a stable recovery path. 1.2 Banking Industry and
arrivals for the first quarter of 2019 declined 1.5% yoy with the number of Chinese tourists which contribute almost 29% of total tourist arrivals exhibited a decline of 2.1%. Although the economy is showing
environment and stable competition along with the strategy to focus on quality customers, value uplifting through cross-sells and upsells, and increased tourist-related usages. However, it softened minimally
affecting tourism in Thailand still emerged and caused a material fall in in number of tourists especially from China which is our target customers. The number of Chinese tourists slid about 8 % from the same
though the number of Chinese tourists had declined since the Phuket boat accident. In term of economic stability, Inflation moderate grew which corresponded to the growth of wage, oil price and price of
exhibit a slow growth, increasing 4.2% from last year. The number of Chinese tourists which made up 28% of total tourist arrivals recovered in the second half of the year with growth of 4.4% for total year
year from the growth in tourists in key markets such as Malaysia, India, South Korea, Japan and Russia. The number of Chinese tourists also exhibited an increase during December 2018, the first increase
Chinese. Meanwhile, level of domestic economic activities gradually increased, though not accelerating. Consumption and investment of private sector steadily expanded consistent with the improving consumer