Thailand Expects 38 Million Tourists Despite Myanmar Earthquake

Thailand’s tourism ministry is maintaining its forecast for foreign tourist arrivals at 38 million. This is despite all the wild and unsubstantiated claims that the Myanmar earthquake's impact in Thailand has caused mass cancellations. The ministry said the quake's impact is to be limited and short-term, with just about 1,000 hotel room bookings canceled since the impact was felt in Bangkok on Friday.

Singapore recorded 1.38 million visitor arrivals in February. That was down 2.9% from February 2024, which had an extra day, and was down 15.3% from January 2025. The Singapore Tourism Board said 76% of the 1.3 million arrivals were overnight visitors, down 11.8% from January 2025 and down 2.4% from February 2024. The top three source markets for Singapore’s inbound visits in February were, respectively: China (267,960), Indonesia (192,600) and Malaysia (105,740). The number of Chinese visitor arrivals logged in February was down 18% year on year, while Indo