Table 3 represents the amount of tourism receipts obtained by Southeast Asian nations. The total tourism
receipts of Southeast Asian nations were amounted to $73.5 billion in 2011. Out of this total, available
tourism receipts earned by ASEAN 5 were $70.70 billion against BCLMV countries tourism receipts of
$2.80 billion. The pattern of receipts is almost similar (as indicated in Table 2), with Thailand the leading
earner (28.84%), followed by Singapore (27.34%), and Malaysia (25.58%). However, although Indonesia
and Vietnam attracted considerable numbers of tourists, The Philippines, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Brunei
Darussalam, and Myanmar has the potential to earn more from tourism.