The Effects of Tourism on Thailand

Influence of sightseeing to Thailand I studied Thailand located in Southeast Asia adjacent to Malaysia, Myanmar, China, Cambodia. The data proves that Thailand's tourism industry has great demand, because tourists supply money, supply work, bring multiplier effect, help the economy improve and develop . For example, the gross national product per capita in Thailand is $ 2,740, but the gross national product per capita of more advanced countries such as the United States is $ 26,980.

The tourism industry in Thailand is driven by a large expenditure by tourists in that country. According to the World Tourism Organization, Thailand was the third largest source of tourism revenue in the world in 2016 and was $ 44.9 billion from travelers. The only countries that get more income from travelers are Spain and the United States.

The Thai government and people, together with the tourism industry in Thailand, is a major development in the Asian tourism industry, and Thailand is the fastest growing region now. The development of tourism in Thailand has provided significant economic and social benefits. Promoting tourism's role in the Thai economy has two main aspects. The first is to earn a large amount of foreign exchange for the development of industrial capital accumulation. The value of sightseeing in Thailand still accounts for about 10% of GDP (Erik, 2010). As a developing country, industrial development in Thailand required a lot of money, the modernization of the tourism industry resulted in a large foreign exchange, which greatly reduced the pressure of fund shortage. Secondly, the development of the tourism industry can solve employment problems of related industries, and can use a large number of rural surplus labor force.

Tourism is one of the main and main sources of Thai foreign currency acquisition. The overseas tourism income in Thailand in 1995 was about 5 billion dollars. Tourism occupies about 5% of the country's gross domestic product, higher than other Southeast Asian countries except Singapore. The number of people traveling to Thailand is steadily increasing from 1 million in 1976 to nearly 10 million in 1998. The Thai government started to record the first year of travel to Thailand in 1960. At that time, an average of 80,000 visitors from all over the world will stay for an average of 5 days.

Tourism accounts for about 6% of the economy. According to the World Tourism Organization, Thailand was the country most visited in Southeast Asia in 2013. It is estimated that the tourist income which contributes directly to 12 trillion baht of GDP in Thailand is in the range of 9% (1 trillion baht) (2013) to 16%. It is said that it will account for 20.2% of the gross domestic product of Thailand (2.4 trillion baht) if it becomes an indirect influence of tourism. : An Asian tourist visits historical, natural and cultural tourist spots mainly around Thailand and Bangkok. Western tourists can visit Bangkok and surrounding areas as well as visit the south beaches and the islands. The northern part is a major destination for hiking and adventure travel with diverse ethnic minorities and forested mountains. The area with the least number of visitors is Isan in the northeast.