BANGKOK — Thailand topped the list of most visited countries in Southeast Asia in 2024 with 35.5 million international tourist arrivals. It was also the world's eighth most popular destination in 2024, according to global rankings compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
BANGKOK — Thai land topped the list of most visited countries in Southeast Asia in 2024 with 35.5 million international tourist arrivals. It was also the world's eighth most popular destination in 2024, according to global rankings compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.Winners of the 17th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards are in town as part of their prizes from PMFTC Inc., the business combination of Philip Morris International and Fortune Tobacco Corp.
How ironic that they learned rice production technology from the International Rice Research Institute beside UPLB, while the Filipinos who trained them now suffer from high rice prices aside from being the world's biggest rice importer — projected to reach record highs in 2024-2025 by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture.If it's any consolation, Thailand's economy grew less than expected in 2024.
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