Thailand says fees won't stop arrivals

The Tourism Authority of Thailand said earlier this month the country's tourism is expected to keep growing and generate $75 billion throughout 2016, adding that the coming visa on arrival fee hike may not decrease Chinese and Indian arrivals.

In the first nine months of 2016, Thailand's tourism is expected to generate $54 billion for the Thai economy, a 14 percent increase compared with the same period in 2015, the TAT's governor Yuthasak Supason says in a media release, adding that a total of 24.94 million foreign tourists are expected to contribute $36 billion.

For the last quarter of 2016, the TAT expects the tourism industry to generate $20 billion, including $14 billion from 9 million foreign tourists.