Thailand’s visitor arrivals count surged by one million in only ten days with the arrival of the country’s 20th million visitor today. The luckiest tourist was Shoji Omori from Japan, who was given the traditional surprise welcome at Suvarnabhumi Airport today by the executives and representatives of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Thai Airways International Public Co., Ltd., the Immigration Bureau, the Airports of Thailand Public Co., Ltd., and True Corporation Public Co., Ltd.

The 19th million visitor was welcomed at Phuket International Airport on 16 August, 2015. As part of a “Green Season” marketing strategy that began 30 June, every millionth visitor to the country is being welcomed at Thailand’s international aviation gateways, until 30 September, 2015.

The lucky visitors are given two economy-class return air tickets from their international port of origin to Thailand along with a five-night accommodation voucher, a “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor” certificate as well as other prizes from TAT’s project partners. The trips have a validity period of one year.

The activity is designed to support the “2015 Discover Thainess” umbrella campaign, which aims to highlight the endless charm of Thailand, the diversity of destinations, the flavours of Thai cuisine, fascinating uniqueness of the traditions and culture, as well as the friendliness of its people.

Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor Date of arrival Days between every millionth visitor 13 th million visitor 13 June 2015 – 14 th million visitor 21 June 2015 8 15 th million visitor 5 July 2015 14 16 th million visitor 15 July 2015 10 17 th million visitor 28 July 2015 13 18 th million visitor 7 August 2015 10 19 th million visitor 16 August 2015 9 20 th million visitor 26 August 2015 10

Mrs. Juthaporn Rerngronasa, TAT Acting Governor and Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Americas) said, “If this pace continues, we are likely to exceed our projection of 28.8 million visitors in 2015. As always, we extend our warm thanks to all visitors for their continued confidence in our country and our people.”

Source: Press Release