"US tourist rebound

The American Society of Travel Agents estimates that one million Americans will vacation in Thailand this year. Pitsanu Kongkunpai, president of the associationтАЩs local chapter, forecast that American tourists would spend Bt85 billion here this year. The Kingdom was ranked as the 21st most popular foreign destination for Americans before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but since 2004 Thailand has failed to enter the top 25.

Last year, 5.2 million Americans visited Asia but only 2 per cent (104,000) of them visited in Thailand. Japan, China and Hong Kong were the top destinations. The average American tourist spends Bt10,880 per day in Thailand and the average trip is 7.6 days, according to the association."

Suchat Sritama, The Nation" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/02 ... 000795.php

An increase from 104,000 to 1 million seems extraordinarily unlikely unless there is some particular reason that is not stated.

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