About-face, Thailand will not introduce tourist tax
For the seventeenth time, the Government of Thailand is changing its mind about introducing a purpose tax from [...]
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For the seventeenth time, the Government of Thailand changes its mind about introducing a purpose tax to be applied to all tourists arriving in the Kingdom. Announced several times and then punctually cancelled from the plans, Should have officially started next spring. An amount of 300 bath, just under 8 euros to be charged to everyone non-Thai people arriving by air, sea or land.
As the Bangkok Post reports., the Prime Minister has decided to shelve the introduction of the tax and announced that other avenues are being considered to find ways to cover medical and insurance costs involving tourists.
More and more often we read about stories of tourists traveling around the world without adequate insurance coverage. Travel insurance that costs a few hundred euros and can protect travelers from any inconvenience.
Initially, the ministry had proposed to use A budget of 50 million baht to compensate tourists on a case-by-case basis, as in the case of the mass shooting at Siam Paragon or the death of a Taiwanese tourist in an accident. The desire, however, is to cover all the millions of tourists who visit Thailand's various tourist resorts each year.
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