FILE PHOTO: Monkeys climb onto a tourist during the annual Monkey Festival in Lopburi province, Thailand, November 26, 2023.  REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
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Thailand Records 20.3 Million Tourists Through July, Up 34%

Thailand recorded 20.3 million foreign tourist arrivals from Jan. 1 through July 28, up 34% from the same period a year earlier, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand recorded 20.3 million foreign tourist arrivals from Jan. 1 through July 28, up 34% from the same period a year earlier, the tourism ministry said Tuesday.

Thailand forecasts 36 million foreign arrivals for the full year.

(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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