According to a 2017 Tourism Department (MOICT) report, it was observed that the month of November was Laos’ best tourism month, which had seen 358,997 people visiting the country, with December coming in close at second place with a little over 357,000 people.
In 2017, over 1.7 million Thais came to visit Laos, making them the largest tourist nationality. Vietnamese tourists came in second with over 891,000. There were just over 639,000 Chinese tourists and about 170,000 Korean visitors.
Laos expects to welcome 5 million visitors during Visit Laos Year 2018 and is targeting tourism revenue in excess of US$900 million.
https://laotiantimes.com/2018/05/30/tourism-ministry-november-is-laos-best-tourist-month/