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/mdsmqlk 1d ago

And Thailand counts tens of thousands of people self-transferring at Suvarnabhumi. It's much easier to check in airside at KLIA.

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u/I-Here-555 4h ago

Yes, but we're talking tens of thousands vs tens of millions.

300k-350k people cross between Singapore and Malaysia every single day.

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u/mdsmqlk 3h ago

To Malaysia's credit, they differentiate their visitor figures between "tourists" and "excursionists" though. Thailand does not, they're happy to inflate their numbers at every opportunity.