Tourist fee survey for foreigners available only in Thai

They are truly smart! IQ cellar floor!

They are literally following a check list of things they need to show to be approved for OECD membership and the FTA with EU which they will not get anyway due to corruption, violating inter law, labour treatment and laws, pesticide usage (europe considers it cancer causing and unfit for human consumption)…..

While destroying more economy than they will gain back if approved in the process. Nobody with brains invests a dollar at this stage.

Anutin was slapped on his hands for the deportation law already and told to ASAP guarantee honoring international law in terms of deporting people without thai prison/jail standards.

Maybe trump can impose 1000% tarrifs to teach them.

Edited August 30Aug 30 by sunrisecoconuts

Foreigners that don't read Thai should have no say or opinion on Thai policies.

Most here on short terms visas, 12 month extensions of stays from agents as they don't have 400k baht, yet think they are in the line of Chakri.

Learn the language. Become a resident, if you want to have a voice.

Edited August 30Aug 30 by Packer

33 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Would be interesting to see the full details of the insurance coverage received by paying the 450Baht.

The insurance thing was dropped when they changed it from 300 baht to 450 baht, so I wouldn't count on insurance being part of this anymore.

Upon the suggestion by another poster, I opened the survey using Firefox, and everything, including all 27 questions, was translated into English.

On 8/30/2026 at 4:52 AM, jacko45k said:

Hardy a shining example of welcome for it to be only in the one language it need not be in! Is it possible that answers from non-Thais are not welcome!

Similar to the form we have to fill in to apply for a long-term visa. It's in Thai as well as English, even though no Thai ever completes it. Thai logic.

I was able to get my browser to translate it just fine. So I suppose it depends upon your browser and settings.

After reading so many sarcastic comments above, I think it’s worth congratulating and thanking the Thais for soliciting « customer input » for this kind of project. I’ve never seen such an effort for other matters in Thailand, or any other country. I just hope that they’ll take the time to really process any input, and take it into account.

Let's see if it's implemented as they seem to flip flop over raising the Tourists entry fee

Afraid it might upset the numbers coming to Thailand

Probably in truth a non starter

It is a fee for foreigners visiting Thailand; I cannot imagine that Thai people are against it. So the outcome is actually already known.

Not sure what this is all about, since the page automatically translates to English from the first to the last letter, using the Google translate addon in Firefox.

On 8/30/2026 at 6:06 AM, redwood1 said:

Only the cover page I could get to translate into English...

The questions I could not translate to English with a Chrome browser...

Farangs opinions not wanted...

No problem doing it today - browser translated page and all questions - Edge browser (Chrome version). BUT you must be quick and just click agree or disagree. Do not write comments - it times out very quickly and restarts, only after you click on images to prove you are human.

Atypical Thai IT expertise (formicated) and Thai xenophobia on full display. They have absolutely no self-awareness do they?

They plan to have random Somchais (not Immigration or Customs Officers) who work for the Tourism Agency, demanding foreign people arriving that they pay a fee. Given the situation in regards to Customs/Immigration rules, they will have to be be positioned somewhere after the initial Immigration checkpoint (not in Thailand yet) - and probably after the Customs checkpoint or it will be a massive problem with people and their bags. I predict that most people will not have the money readily available in Baht, and that many of them will be telling Somchai to urinate off - thinking it is a scam. Either way it is going to be a screw-up of epic proportions and a great laugh. But make sure you are not entering Thailand for a few months after the date it all starts 😉

3 minutes ago, XRules said:

No problem doing it today - browser translated page and all questions - Edge browser (Chrome version). BUT you must be quick and just click agree or disagree. Do not write comments - it times out very quickly and restarts, only after you click on images to prove you are human.

Not so in Firefox.

1 minute ago, CallumWK said:

Not so in Firefox.

Chrome seems to have more issues than Firefox. Could be the browser or maybe OS - either way it is yet another example of the Thai IT system creators at work. I am still laughing about the PM having his ID Card available online for a few hundred Baht, and the investigation outcome (total incompetence at DLT).

10 hours ago, Packer said:

Foreigners that don't read Thai should have no say or opinion on Thai policies.

Most here on short terms visas, 12 month extensions of stays from agents as they don't have 400k baht, yet think they are in the line of Chakri.

Learn the language. Become a resident, if you want to have a voice.

Very true. But it's loads easier for those trapped and skint here to piss and moan about something that doesn't affect them, so they can carry on avoiding facing the results of their own poor life choices and lack of due diligence, just so they can feel better.

1 hour ago, ronnie50 said:

The questionnaire does not give any foreigner a voice. So foreigners who can read Thai, still wouldn't be able to answer the questionnaire effectively - it's not meant for foreigners. Also, many of us are indeed long-term residents and many have LTRs, and many are pretty good at Thai language. We still don't have a voice. We will be paying the tourist levy each and every time we return to Thailand . We are not tourists - Thailand is the long-time home for many. They are basing the tax on the passport. What if you have PR?

They'll probably gurn, just like the rest of you.

57 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Let's see if it's implemented as they seem to flip flop over raising the Tourists entry fee

Afraid it might upset the numbers coming to Thailand

Probably in truth a non starter

They never flip flopped over implementing the fee. They simply don't have a way to collect it. The airlines will not collect a fee that is only for some people, it's all or nothing. There was a shortlived proposal recently that Thais would pay it in their airfare and then get a rebate at the airport, but that proposal did not last long.

Now that the TDAC is a thing, it gives a potential avenue for the collection of the fee, so they're getting more serious about it. Realistically they should bring back the ETA idea they had for visa exempt people, and incorporate the fee into the ETA. They can also add it to the tourist visa fee for those applying at an embassy. As a bonus, this would create much less uncertainty about visa exempt entries, since the ETA would tell you if you're approved to enter or not, no more officer discretion. They can even tie it into the automate entry gates. You have an approved ETA and you paid the fee, you stroll in through the automated gates. Seems like a no-brainer.

Still don't care, petty change.

...To Give The Locals Their Jollies... (?)

...And Keep The Victims Tourists In The Dark... (?)

Tourist fee survey for foreigners available only in Thai.

Just shows that they don't care about the foreign tourists

Nothing new about that. they are only interested about the money.