Thailand November tourist arrivals up 23.18 pct : ministry

BANGKOK: Thailand welcomed 3 million foreign tourists in November, the tourism ministry said on Monday, 23.18 percent more than the same month a year earlier.

The ministry said the kingdom saw a total of 31.85 million foreign tourist arrivals in the period from January to November, up 8.07 percent from the previous year.

Thailand's tourism industry is a major employer and accounts for 12 percent of Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.