Sharp rise in revenue
This includes 470,000 foreign visitors arriving from april11-15 , up 39 per cent from last year.
Tat also estimates revenue to surge 52 per cent to bt 7.5 billion from average spending of bt 15,960 per person per trip, which will be an increase of 10 per cent.
On the domestic front , tat expects thais to make 2.16 million trips, up 8 per cent , during the festival and help boost the economy by bt7.01 billion , up 6 percent.