Thailand welcomed 20.3 million foreign tourists from January to late-July

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)