Bangkok, Sept. 25 -- Thailand has recorded more than 23.45 million international tourist arrivals from January 1 to September 21, generating about 1.082 trillion THB (34 billion USD) in revenue, according to Nattareeya Thaweewong, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.

The momentum, however, has slowed ahead of the October high season. Over the past week, Thailand received 496,986 foreign visitors, down 68,333, or 12.09%, compared with the previous week.

Malaysia remained the top source market with 101,376 arrivals, followed by China (70,678), India (44,813), the Republic of Korea (RoK) (23,590), and Japan (23,271). Visitor flows from the RoK and China increased by 7.32% and 5.59% respectively from the week before. I...