Visitors
Revised5.0million
visitors
+6.2% vs 2024 (4,682,491)
- Period
- 2025
- Source
- Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports
Northeastern region · TH-40
Khon Kaen received 4,974,960 visitors in 2025 (4,849,340 Thai and 125,620 foreign), generating THB 16.6 billion in tourism revenue, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. It ranked 21st of 77 provinces by visitors and 19th by revenue.
5.0million
visitors
+6.2% vs 2024 (4,682,491)
THB16.6billion
+8.0% vs 2024 (THB 15.4 billion)
66.5%
+3.2 points vs 2024 (63.2%)
21st
1.4% of all province visits
Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
| Year | All visitors | Thai | Foreign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,974,960 | 4,849,340 | 125,620 |
| 2024 | 4,682,491 | 4,562,552 | 119,939 |
| 2023 | 3,942,178 | 3,840,918 | 101,260 |
| 2022 | 3,494,103 | 3,451,295 | 42,808 |
| 2021 | 1,387,695 | 1,385,376 | 2,319 |
| 2020 | 2,920,357 | 2,905,067 | 15,290 |
| 2019 | 5,583,809 | 5,502,774 | 81,035 |
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
Between 2019 and 2025, visitor numbers in Khon Kaen were highest in 2019 (5,583,809) and lowest in 2021 (1,387,695). Visitors in 2025 were 10.9% lower than in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foreign visitors made up 2.5% of visitors to Khon Kaen in 2025, compared with 22.1% across all provinces. Tourism revenue averaged THB 3,339 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 Khon Kaen, not a count of different people, and foreign visitors here are not the same measure as international arrivals to Thailand.
Hollow markers show provisional or estimated values. Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
| Year | All visitors (THB) | From Thai visitors (THB) | From foreign visitors (THB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | THB 16.6 billion | THB 16.2 billion | THB 423.8 million |
| 2024 | THB 15.4 billion | THB 15.0 billion | THB 390.2 million |
| 2023 | THB 12.7 billion | THB 12.4 billion | THB 316.1 million |
| 2022 | THB 9.7 billion | THB 9.6 billion | THB 112.1 million |
| 2021 | THB 3.2 billion | THB 3.1 billion | THB 6.1 million |
| 2020 | THB 8.7 billion | THB 8.6 billion | THB 51.7 million |
| 2019 | THB 18.1 billion | THB 17.8 billion | THB 323.8 million |
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
| Year | Occupancy rate (%) | Guests |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.5% | 2,383,341 |
| 2024 | 63.2% | 2,259,943 |
| 2023 | 56.9% | 2,074,730 |
| 2022 | 48.7% | 1,703,314 |
| 2021 | 18.2% | 667,330 |
| 2020 | 33.8% | 1,342,601 |
| 2019 | 57.6% | 2,347,293 |
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
Khon Kaen ranked 3rd of 20 provinces in the Northeastern region by visitors in 2025.
| Province | Visitors | Revenue | Rank in region | Rank of 77 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 9,607,827 | THB 24.8 billion | 1 | 9 |
| Udon Thani | 5,171,939 | THB 14.5 billion | 2 | 18 |
| Khon Kaen | 4,974,960 | THB 16.6 billion | 3 | 21 |
| Nong Khai | 3,891,457 | THB 9.6 billion | 4 | 27 |
| Buriram | 3,883,899 | THB 9.6 billion | 5 | 28 |
| Ubon Ratchathani | 3,392,075 | THB 8.4 billion | 6 | 31 |
| Kalasin | 2,831,216 | THB 3.8 billion | 7 | 35 |
| Loei | 2,521,435 | THB 6.4 billion | 8 | 37 |
| Nakhon Phanom | 2,374,612 | THB 4.7 billion | 9 | 40 |
| Chaiyaphum | 2,082,671 | THB 3.3 billion | 10 | 43 |
| Sakon Nakhon | 1,962,886 | THB 3.6 billion | 11 | 46 |
| Mukdahan | 1,914,481 | THB 3.8 billion | 12 | 48 |
| Surin | 1,310,204 | THB 2.8 billion | 13 | 59 |
| Sisaket | 1,139,245 | THB 1.8 billion | 14 | 65 |
| Bueng Kan | 978,284 | THB 1.9 billion | 15 | 68 |
| Roi Et | 977,576 | THB 1.7 billion | 16 | 69 |
| Maha Sarakham | 733,209 | THB 1.4 billion | 17 | 73 |
| Yasothon | 638,185 | THB 1.1 billion | 18 | 75 |
| Nong Bua Lamphu | 392,939 | THB 483.4 million | 19 | 76 |
| Amnat Charoen | 303,933 | THB 455.1 million | 20 | 77 |
Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Domestic Tourism Statistics by province.
Nationally, Khon Kaen ranked 19th of 77 by tourism revenue in 2025. See the most visited provinces in Thailand for the full ranking.
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.
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