Type of Data	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Visitor	21,712,401	23,276,347	24,513,812	26,518,256	29,304,153
Thai	13,758,524	14,635,692	15,596,826	16,781,028	19,524,010
Foreigners	7,953,877	8,640,655	8,916,986	9,737,228	9,780,143
Tourist	15,958,289	17,285,423	18,053,922	19,506,845	1,456,039
Thai	8,539,261	9,214,637	9,705,011	10,386,526	12,337,764
Foreigners	7,419,028	8,070,786	8,348,911	9,120,319	9,118,275
Excursionist	5,754,112	5,990,924	6,459,890	7,011,411	7,848,114
Thai	5,219,263	5,421,055	5,891,815	6,394,502	7,186,246
Foreigners	534,849	569,869	568,075	616,909	661,868
Average Length of Stay (Day)	2.83	2.83	2.82	2.83	3.16
Thai	2.78	2.78	2.81	2.82	2.94
Foreigners	2.89	2.89	2.84	2.84	3.46
Average Expenditure ( Baht/Person/Day )
Visitor	3,174.07	3,258.12	3,272.68	3,287.56	3,541.72
Thai	2,628.87	2,702.95	2,749.28	2,752.66	3,211.65
Foreigners	4,117.14	4,198.48	4,188.12	4,209.44	3,987.19
Tourist	3,688.28	3,762.19	3,785.26	3,799.46	3,726.46
Thai	3,236.38	3,301.22	3,360.42	3,365.52	3,471.76
Foreigners	4,208.43	4,288.49	4,279.09	4,293.65	4,019.34
Excursionist	1,747.95	1,803.80	1,840.04	1,863.44	1,946.86
Thai	1,634.93	1,686.06	1,742.58	1,757.22	1,900.01
Foreigners	2,850.87	2,923.80	2,851.02	2,964.47	2,455.64
Revenue ( Million Baht )
Visitor	177,119.72	195,399.92	204,989.76	222,854.10	267,758.92
Thai	85,362.03	93,706.55	101,909.29	109,812.63	139,465.60
Foreigners	91,757.69	101,693.37	103,080.47	113,041.47	128,293.32

Definitions

Visitor: any person going to or leaving a city or province, which is not his/her usual place of residence, for any reason, and with or without staying overnight is that city or province.

Tourist: any person visiting Thailand for any reason other than to exercise remunerated activity within the country. The person must stay at least one night, but not longer than 90 days and the purpose of his/her journey can be classified under one of the following: leisure (recreation, holiday, health, study, religion and sport) ; business; family; mission; meeting. This also refers to all arrivals by sea with overnight stay accommodation establishments ashore and excludes cruise passengers who stay overnight on board, and direct transit passengers who do not pass through immigration.

Excursionist: visitor who does not stay overnight in the country

Source: compiled by TTG Asia from figures supplied by TAT.