The report, entitled “e-Conomy Southeast Asia Spotlight 2017”, identifies this economic sphere as comprising e-commerce, online travel, online media and ride-hailing services. Thailand’s Internet users, as of third quarter of 2017, numbered 45 million, of which 20 million were active users. In 2007, this was US$7.7 billion, with US$4.4 billion in 2016 and US$1.1 billion in 2015. In order to help the region’s Internet economy to reach US$200 billion in 2025, it required funds of US$40 billion to US$50 billion from 2015 to 2025. The report focused on four areas of the Internet economy - e-commerce, online media, ride-hailing services and online travel.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 22, 2018 18:00 UTC