This document contains statistics on tourist origins and nationalities visiting Thailand between January and December 2013. The top three regions were East Asia at 59.94%, ASEAN at 27.43%, and Europe at 23.75%. The largest individual countries were China at 17.47%, Malaysia at 11.46%, and South Korea at 4.88%. The document also includes sample dialogues for a hotel worker in Thailand to greet tourists based on where they are from.

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Bill
Phone: 086 – 050 – 0379
E-mail: mrbillgreaves@gmail.com
Web site: www.englishwithmrbill.com

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Tourist Origins
January - December 2013
Nationality 2013 Nationality 2013 Nationality 2013
Number %Share Number %Share Number %Share
East Asia 15,911,375 59.94 Finland 141,692 0.53 Bangladesh 82,418 0.31
ASEAN 7,282,266 27.43 France 611,582 2.3 India 1,050,889 3.96
Brunei 14,205 0.05 Germany 737,658 2.78 Nepal 25,455 0.1
Cambodia 481,595 1.81 Ireland 63,522 0.24 Pakistan 78,986 0.3
Indonesia 594,251 2.24 Italy 207,192 0.78 Sri Lanka 76,260 0.29
Laos 976,639 3.68 Netherlands 218,765 0.82 Others 33,577 0.13
Malaysia 3,041,097 11.46 Norway 154,049 0.58 Oceania 1,021,936 3.85
Myanmar 172,383 0.65 Russia 1,746,565 6.58 Australia 900,460 3.39
Philippines 321,571 1.21 Spain 123,084 0.46 New Zealand 118,395 0.45
Singapore 955,468 3.6 Sweden 341,398 1.29 Others 3,081 0.01
Vietnam 725,057 2.73 Switzerland 199,923 0.75 Middle East 630,243 2.37
China 4,637,335 17.47 United Kingdom 905,024 3.41 Egypt 28,175 0.11
Hong Kong 588,335 2.22 East Europe 346,230 1.3 Israel 134,874 0.51
Japan 1,536,425 5.79 Others 138,688 0.52 Kuwait 71,173 0.27
Korea 1,295,342 4.88 The Americas 1,166,633 4.39 Saudi Arabia 21,452 0.08
Taiwan 502,176 1.89 Argentina 21,035 0.08 U.A.E. 123,926 0.47
Others 69,496 0.26 Brazil 37,263 0.14 Others 250,643 0.94
Europe 6,305,945 23.75 Canada 229,897 0.87 Africa 163,008 0.61
Austria 106,278 0.4 USA 823,486 3.1 S.Africa 75,748 0.29
Belgium 101,109 0.38 Others 54,952 0.21 Others 87,260 0.33
Denmark 163,186 0.61 South Asia 1,347,585 5.08 Grand Total 26,546,725 100
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Sawatdee ka
Welcome to my hotel
Where are you from?

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Hello, we are from…

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Hello, we are from Earth

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Hello, we are from Asia

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Hello, we are from Europe

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Hello, we are from the UK

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Hello, we are from North America
America

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Hello, we are from America/ the USA/ the States

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Hello, we are from Australia, New Zealand

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Hello, we are from The Middle East

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Hello, we are from South America

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Hello, we are from Africa

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Wealth of countries, how rich they are

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Vegetation - plants

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Climate