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Last year, the economy grew just 3.2 percent, only half of the 6.5 percent growth recorded in 2012. But tourism is one of the only few bright spots of the Thai economy. Last year, the sector earned Thailand $45.9 billion, representing over 10 percent of the Southeast Asian nation's GDP.

The Thai government calculates that tourism this year should generate revenues worth 1.78 trillion baht (around $50 billion). The passing away of the monarch, who reigned for 70 years, plunged the country into a state of deep mourning. Tragedy also hit Thailand last October, when the deeply loved King Bhumibol Adulyadej died.

There were mass protests and shootings in the center of Bangkok, there were bomb attacks at tourist hotspots and three years ago the military took power in a coup d'état. The whimsical hotel, with artwork of wildlife on its walls and ceilings, reported an occupancy rate of 90 to 95 per cent in November and December. In March last year, Singapore hotel chain Clover opened a 95-room outlet in Bangkok's Asoke district.

In August last year, when improvised explosive devices killed four people and injured dozens across seven southern provinces, including key seaside tourist destinations Hua Hin and Phuket, year-on-year figures continued climbing. This pattern was repeated during the most recent coup in May 2014: Visitor numbers softened by 6.5 per cent amid street unrest, but rebounded by 20.6 per cent the following year. Thailand welcomed its record 30 millionth visitor last year on Dec 5. The visitor was from China, the biggest source of tourists to Thailand.

Amount spent by tourists in 2015, according to a report in November by Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Centre. Hordes of parched tourists, nudged along by tour leaders, shuffle along the sidewalks with the northern Thai delicacy perched on a stick. On a recent sunny morning outside Bangkok's Grand Palace, a shop selling mini pineapples is doing a roaring trade.

Which includes Travel Agent's Incentive program which runs from August till the end of October 2017, the International Travel Week in Abu Dhabi in November, the GOLF FAM TRIP with Emirates also in November. And as a new director of this office, I am very pleased to announce some of the remaining project we will be executing in the remaining of 2017. Mr Pongpanu told the Financial Times everyone is starting to get a little bit worried" by the impact of annual visitor numbers that have more than doubled in the past six years, with the tourism sector now accounting for almost a fifth of the economy.