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Chiang Rai statistics

Chiang Rai received 6,560,373 visitors in 2025 (5,828,911 Thai and 731,462 foreign), generating THB 52.0 billion in tourism revenue, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. It ranked 12th of 77 provinces by visitors and 10th by revenue.

Data through
2025
Updated
Source retrieved

Visitors

Revised

6.6million

visitors

+4.4% vs 2024 (6,282,437)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Tourism revenue

Revised

THB52.0billion

+5.1% vs 2024 (THB 49.4 billion)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Accommodation occupancy

Revised

72.3%

+2.4 points vs 2024 (70.0%)

Period
2025
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Rank by visitors

Revised

12th

1.8% of all province visits

Period
2025, of 77
Source
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports

Visitors

Visitors to Chiang Rai, by year2019 to 2025, Thai and foreign visitors combined.
02.5m5m7.5m10m20192021202320256.6m

Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Visitors to Chiang Rai by yearThai and foreign visitors, counted in each province visited
YearAll visitorsThaiForeign
20256,560,3735,828,911731,462
20246,282,4375,460,532821,905
20236,293,7585,531,360762,398
20225,086,4604,796,289290,171
20211,389,4181,382,4077,011
20202,173,6832,059,088114,595
20193,729,1483,091,201637,947

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

What the figures show

Between 2019 and 2025, visitor numbers in Chiang Rai were highest in 2025 (6,560,373) and lowest in 2021 (1,389,418). Visitors in 2025 were 75.9% higher than in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Foreign visitors made up 11.1% of visitors to Chiang Rai in 2025, compared with 22.1% across all provinces. Tourism revenue averaged THB 7,924 per visitor, against THB 8,102 nationally (calculated by ThailandStats from the published totals).

The ministry counts a visitor in every province they visit, including day visitors and people visiting friends or relatives. These figures are therefore visits to Chiang Rai, not a count of different people, and foreign visitors here are not the same measure as international arrivals to Thailand.

Tourism revenue

Tourism revenue in Chiang Rai, by year2019 to 2025, revenue from Thai and foreign visitors, Thai baht.
025bn50bn75bn100bn201920212023202552bn

Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Tourism revenue in Chiang Rai by yearRevenue from visitors, Thai baht
YearAll visitors (THB)From Thai visitors (THB)From foreign visitors (THB)
2025THB 52.0 billionTHB 44.8 billionTHB 7.2 billion
2024THB 49.4 billionTHB 41.3 billionTHB 8.1 billion
2023THB 47.8 billionTHB 39.8 billionTHB 8.0 billion
2022THB 34.3 billionTHB 31.6 billionTHB 2.7 billion
2021THB 7.9 billionTHB 7.9 billionTHB 50.1 million
2020THB 14.9 billionTHB 14.0 billionTHB 981.4 million
2019THB 29.3 billionTHB 22.5 billionTHB 6.8 billion

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Accommodation

Accommodation in Chiang Rai by yearOccupancy rate and guests staying in accommodation
YearOccupancy rate (%)Guests
202572.3%4,681,916
202470.0%4,447,966
202369.8%4,520,443
202263.4%3,676,355
202122.8%1,062,271
202038.3%1,880,917
201954.9%3,166,462

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Compared with the Northern region

Chiang Rai ranked 2nd of 9 provinces in the Northern region by visitors in 2025.

Northern region: provinces by visitors, 2025Rank in region; national rank of 77
ProvinceVisitorsRevenueRank in regionRank of 77
Chiang Mai12,091,992THB 112.7 billion15
Chiang Rai6,560,373THB 52.0 billion212
Lampang1,883,958THB 6.2 billion349
Nan1,622,777THB 4.7 billion452
Lamphun1,415,425THB 2.2 billion555
Phrae1,384,339THB 3.3 billion657
Mae Hong Son1,348,584THB 7.0 billion758
Uttaradit1,209,966THB 2.6 billion862
Phayao1,166,743THB 2.8 billion964

Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.

Nationally, Chiang Rai ranked 10th of 77 by tourism revenue in 2025. See the most visited provinces in Thailand for the full ranking.

About Chiang Rai

Name in Thai
เชียงราย
ISO 3166-2 code
TH-57
Region
Northern (six-region system)
Type
Province (changwat)
Location of Chiang Rai in ThailandChiang Rai
Chiang Rai highlighted

Methodology

Figures are the Ministry of Tourism and Sports' January–December province table. The publisher defines visitors (ผู้เยี่ยมเยือน) as people travelling for tourism and other purposes such as visiting friends or relatives, whether or not they stay overnight, and whether they stay in accommodation, with friends or relatives, or elsewhere. Visitors are counted in each province they visit, so the national total is a count of province visits, not of people, and foreign visitors are not comparable with international arrivals. Revenue is the publisher's estimate of visitor spending in million baht. Occupancy is the accommodation occupancy rate in per cent. Each year is taken from the most recent release that reports it after review by the publisher's statistics committee (marked R), where one exists; the release is recorded for every value. The national figures are the publisher's own totals, not sums calculated by ThailandStats.

2020 and 2021 are marked P (preliminary). For those years the publisher counts foreign visitors as foreigners who entered Thailand before the border closure and stayed in the provinces, excluding foreigners working in Thailand.

The publisher's regional subtotals are not ingested: its regional grouping changed during the period and differs from the six-region system used on this site.

Two province names are misspelt in some releases (ประจวบศิรีขันธ์, ศรีษะเกษ) and are matched to Prachuap Khiri Khan and Sisaket.

Licence: the publisher does not state reuse terms (unconfirmed). Figures are republished as attributed statistical facts.

Sources

Tourism statistics by province, annual

Source
MOTS Domestic Tourism Statistics by province
Dataset
Domestic Tourism Statistics, classified by region and province (สถานการณ์การท่องเที่ยวในประเทศ รายจังหวัด): January–December cumulative table
Last updated by publisher
17 June 2026
Retrieved
23 September 2026
Licence
Not stated by the publisher (unconfirmed)
Source releases used (5)

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