On January 24, the Tourism Authority of Thailand held a party in Tokyo titled “Amazing Thailand A Million Thank You Reception” (Celebrating 1 Million Japanese Visiting Thailand in 2024, New Year Thank You Evening).
As the name suggests, the party was held to commemorate the fact that the number of Japanese who visited Thailand in the year 2024 exceeded 1 million for the first time in five years.The number of Japanese visiting Thailand, which had been approximately 1.8 million in 2019, had declined significantly due to the Corona disaster, but on December 23, 2024, for the first time in a long time, it It recovered until it surpassed the one million mark for the first time in a long time on December 23, 2024.
The Watanabe family, who boarded Thai Airways flight TG683 from Haneda Airport to Bangkok on December 23 and were the one millionth passengers, were invited to the party and received gifts worth 2 million yen in total, including round-trip airline tickets on Thai Airways, an executive suite accommodation certificate at Shangri-La Bangkok, and shopping coupons worth 100,000 yen at THE MALL GROUP’s facilities. They were presented with gifts worth a total of 2 million yen, including round-trip airline tickets on Thai Airways, a stay in an executive suite at Shangri-La Bangkok, and shopping coupons worth 100,000 yen at THE MALL GROUP facilities.
At the party, His Excellency Witsch Wecherchaiwa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Japan, addressed the guests, looking back on the year 2024, saying, “Japan welcomed 37 million foreign tourists, including 1.14 million Thai tourists, the sixth largest. At the same time, Thailand welcomed 36 million foreign tourists and, for the first time in five years, more than 1 million Japanese tourists, ranking 8th and exceeding the target of 887,000,” he said, expressing his gratitude to all concerned and his hopes for the further development of the partnership between the two countries.
The next speaker was Mr. Pattaraanon Nachenmai, Vice President, Tourism Authority of Thailand, in charge of international marketing for the Asia South Pacific region. Mr. Pattaraanon Nachenmai, who will continue to serve as Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand Tokyo Office until 2019, expressed his pleasure at the reunion with Japanese participants and revealed that the government has designated 2025 as the “Amazing Thailand Grand Tourism & Sports Year” and plans to promote two-way exchanges in the areas of Thai cuisine, lifestyle and culture, arts, and sports. The government has also announced its policy to promote interactive exchanges in the areas of Thai cuisine, lifestyle and culture, arts, and sports.
Citing the figure of 1.8 million Japanese visiting Thailand in 2019, he said with a smile, “I look forward to the day when we can celebrate 2 million in the near future.
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