Bangkok (VNA), April 19 -- More than 10 million foreign tourists have visited Thailand so far this year, bringing in more than 500 billion THB (13.5 billion USD), the country's Tourism and Sports Ministry has reported.

According to data, the country welcomed a total of 10,723,953 foreign visitors from January 1 to April 14, generating an income of 518 billion THB.

Chinese nationals formed the majority of foreign visitors, at more than 2 million, followed by Malaysia (1.39 million), Russia (695,624), the Republic of Korea (619,186), and India (546,935).

Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol said that a total of 735,802 foreign travellers visited Thailand between April 8-14, or an average of 105,115 visitors to Thailand p...