The lucky visitor setting this record was Huang Junyi, a Chinese national who flew in to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport from Guangzhou on Monday.
Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, said it had been an amazing year for tourism in “amazing Thailand” as shown by the huge numbers of visitors. The country has reached the 30-million mark and the high season has only just kicked off.
“Thailand has so much to offer the world and we know that the Thai people make every visitor feel as welcome as we [were] made,” Huang said as she received a certificate naming her as “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor”.
She will be awarded two economy-class return tickets to Thailand from her original destination, which are valid for a year.
She will also be given a voucher for a five-night stay in one of Thailand’s luxury hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya or Hua Hin as well as a mobile phone with a fourth-generation SIM card and seven days of Internet usage.

Luckiest visitor
The “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor” campaign was launched last year to welcome and reward every millionth visitor from June to December.
The campaign was a success and garnered interest from the public and media organisations across the world, boosting Thailand’s tourism sector and brand image.
This year, Thailand is projecting total international tourism revenue of Bt1.62 trillion, representing a year-on-year increase of 11.68 per cent over 2015.
Various initiatives have been put in place to encourage tourists to visit and spend. These include a waiver of visa fees for visitors from 19 countries from December 1 to February 28, and the price of visas issued on arrival will be halved.
To encourage more domestic travel, a long New Year holiday of four days from December 31 to January 3 has been confirmed.