Tourism Authority of Thailand Chiang Mai office has announced that it expects Chiang Mai to receive over 80 billion baht in income from tourism this year.
In a meeting held today with many organisations, TAT reported that due to the rapid increase in tourism, the northern economy is returning to its pre-pandemic vibrancy.
TAT then said that last year over 8.7 million visitors came to Chiang Mai, spending nearly 60 billion baht in the local economy. Since Thai tourism numbers have now returned to pre-pandemic levels, and international visitors to nearly 80% of pre pandemic levels, the projections for this year’s economy from tourism money is at 80 billion baht.
