US Senate · Bangkok Post
Lost in Translation
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Amid a week of heavy debate about borrowing 400 billion baht, questions about the legitimacy of the Senate and vows to restore tourism numbers to pre-Covid levels, an admittedly trivial exercise initiated by Thai officials ended up speaking volumes.
Key facts
- Amid a week of heavy debate about borrowing 400 billion baht, questions about the legitimacy of the Senate and vows to restore tourism numbers to pre-Covid levels, an admittedly trivial exercise initiated by Thai officials ended up
- of 450 baht on foreigners arriving to Thailand sometime in the near future, the government announced it would be taking views from both Thai nationals and foreigners via an online public hearing.
- Achieving pre-2020 tourist revenue would require some level of pre-2020 tourist numbers, meaning that the tourism fund fee would be collected from as many as 40 million people on an annual basis.
- Until Sept 28 of this year, the 27-question survey is available to be filled out on the law website of the Council of State’s Digital Government Development Agency.
Summary
With plans to introduce a “tourism fee” of 450 baht on foreigners arriving to Thailand sometime in the near future, the government announced it would be taking views from both Thai nationals and foreigners via an online public hearing.
Until Sept 28 of this year, the 27-question survey is available to be filled out on the law website of the Council of State’s Digital Government Development Agency.