The border crisis hit foreign tourists to Thailand.
Thailand Tourism Authority (TAT) revealed that the unrest on the Thai-Cambodian border in late July began to affect the tourism sector significantly, with the number of foreign visitors entering Thailand between 28 July and 3 August 2025 falling by 5% over the previous week and by 18% over the same period in 2024.
According to Tathapney, the governor of the TAT, the most affected markets were neighboring Thailand and markets sensitive to security issues, with an average decrease of 25% in tourists from ASEAN, especially Cambodia, down to 89%, Vietnam 53%, Laos 48%, Indonesia 26%, Malaysia 14% and Singapore 8%.
Northeast Asian markets, meanwhile, slowed by an average of about 30%, with China falling as high as 40%, Hong Kong 33%, while South Korea and Taiwan fell 17%.
On the one hand, there are also some markets that have continued to expand: India is up 16%, Israel 53%, Australia 9%, France and Austria 13%, Sweden 8%, the UK and Italy 4%, Eastern Europe 3%, Oman 3% and the UAE is up 1%.
Data from the Forwardkeys platform as of July 29 also showed that advance ticketing to Thailand during August began to slow, down 3 percent from the previous slight expansion of 0.4 percent before the collision.
According to the TAT, it is monitoring the situation closely and is moving forward to restore the confidence of foreign tourists, especially in the high season of the end of the year, which will play a key role in the recovery of the Thai tourist industry, stressing that "safety is an important image that influences the travel decisions of foreign tourists, so there is a need for active communication and confidence-building."














































































