The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has revised up the 2016 tourism revenue target by 14% year-on-year to 2.58 trillion following strong growth in the first nine months. Of the revised projection, 1.72 trillion baht will come from foreign tourists, up 18%up 7%, said TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn. "The upward revision is based on the strong growth in the first nine months for both foreign and local tourist markets," he said. TAT predicted tourism receipts in the first nine months of 2016 would rise 14% year-on-year to 1.88 trillion baht. Arrivals to Thailand will reach 24.94 million, up 13%, and generate tourism revenue of 1.25 trillion baht, up 17%.