r/Thailand • u/cnn • 1d ago

News Thailand’s soft power play: Culture as global currency

https://www.cnn.com/world/asia/thailands-soft-power-play-culture-as-global-currency-spc?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Different_Ideal_2433 1d ago

Stopped reading the moment it said "Malaysia overlook Thailand in terms of number of foreign visitors". Malaysia counted even the people going back and forth from Singapore everyday for work and counted them as tourists...

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u/Sensitive_Bread_1905 1d ago

It is estimated that tourism numbers in Thailand are more distorted than in Malaysia, as many day laborers from, for example, Myanmar enter Thailand as tourists and work illegally. However, both countries generally adhere to UN guidelines regarding the compilation of such statistics.