Ministry now aims to roll out travel promotions for expats in Thailand

[Destiny1990]

Why pushing al these long term staying foreigners out in recent years by complicated visa procedures and insurances, bridge players dart players etc and now there is the expat card ?? I think it came 5 years too late ! 

[jonclark]

Let's just hope that whatever "equality" we are given it remains after the pandemic is over. 

 

 

[CaptainFly]

How about letting the Expats who have retirement and marriage visas back in the country without the impossible requirements so we can enjoy Thailand like we used to?

All Expats who are living in Thailand deserve to be treated the same which includes those who are stuck out of the Kingdom.

[brommers]

Having lived here for many moons I have grown inured to Thai Smiling at Farang when they want my money.

 

I will not forget that Minister Anutin called me a Dirty Farang and said we should be thrown out of the country. Well I am still here but have slashed my expenditure on Thai goods and services. And there is no way that some "be nice to Dirty Farang card" will get me to visit one attraction or spend one more satang. My Dirty Farang overseas family will not be reinstating their lengthy annual vacations here because we will meet in places like Maldives where the government sees and respects the value of my money.

 

Two Faced Thailand has rubbed my face in the dirt one too many times.

[zyphodb]

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Just waiting for the Covid free stamp to be added to my Non Immigrant pink ID card.    

You won't get that until you've paid 10000 Bahts for Bill Gate's dodgy vaccine...

 

[TEFLKrabi]

Maybe it’s time to say “Thank you” for offering us the discounts too. There’s a lot of expats who have time on their hands and would happily visit more of the country. I know those who work will complain, but a serious discount for non-weekend hotel stays would please those who can travel at any time.

[bluesea]

Signs of a desperate Government with no Money, Now they want the Expats to be there best friend,IO think they will have to go back to the Drawing Board and think again, Equality will never happen in Thailand you will always have 2 tier Pricing.

TOT do something absolutely Amazing to bring in those Dollars like offer all expats Permanent Residence now that Equality.

[Geoffggi]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

The ministry will also discuss with the prime minister the need to reduce ticket prices for expats who visit various attractions and national parks.

Too true, all this dual pricing has to go ...........!!!!

[Fairynuff]

23 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

You won't get that until you've paid 10000 Bahts for Bill Gate's dodgy vaccine...

 

Wow....it took longer than I expected for the lunatic conspiracy theorists to start spouting 

[tonysilly]

How can expats living in Thailand travel if they have not worked in over 4 months?? Now with no new tourist expats wont work again for another months. Not all expats are rich!!!! Most are working people. 

[Fairynuff]

I’m so looking forward to getting these super special discounts. Now we might only be asked for 5 times the true price instead of 10 times

[Blot]

15 hours ago, JTXR said:

"Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said TAT would issue special cards to expats to show at accommodations and attractions so they can avail of discounted prices."

Thais already have ID cards so they can easily take advantage of the current discounts the government is subsidizing.  Although the idea of subsidizing discounts for expats is a great in theory, it will only be worthwhile if the process of getting a "special" expat card is simple and quick. 

If you have a Thai driving licence, you have an ID card as your passport number is on the licence........ simples ????

[Peterw42]

2 minutes ago, tonysilly said:

How can expats living in Thailand travel if they have not worked in over 4 months?? Now with no new tourist expats wont work again for another months. Not all expats are rich!!!! Most are working people. 

I think you would find most expats are retirees. 

[sletraveler]

The discount is only available at overpriced venues I would never stay at right?

[murraynz]

Its a great idea,that i would love to take advantage of..cheaper travel and accom,so that i can see more of thailand..

But... If their are too many hurdles to jump, its pointless.

Just keep it simple...

[yellowboat]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

“so we decided to stimulate domestic tourism through foreign expats in our country”.

Sure we treat them badly, make them suffer two tier pricing, but we need them now.  It is like listening to Daffy Duck.    

[mtls2005]

Tageline: "Cheap at 10 times the price"

 

And I thought that we are "aliens"? Or "non-immirgants"?

 

Or something  worse, in Thai?

 

 

 

 

[1duckyboy]

Nowhere did he say tiered pricing would be abolished. With the card expats can can pay what Thais pay at participating hotels and attractions. No card, no regular price.

[Logosone]

So Duck with rice will go down from 50 THB to 25 THB?

 

Finally I can go out.

[JonnyF]

53 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

I have said to my friends for a long while, why the hell do they not issue us legit expats with a chipped Thai ID card with all our info on!! Would cut down on the tons of identical paperwork we provide them each year for a start!!!????????????????

That would reduce their ability to arbitrarily request additional information that is not required in the official guidelines. Or decide that we used the wrong color pen, photo not clear, wrong color photo background, signature not clear, wrong paper texture, don't like the shirt we're wearing, wai wasn't high enough etc.

 

Which in turn, would remove their opportunity to charge a "fee" to overlook these fake requirements.

 

No, I think the "officer's decision is final" gives them the power to demand whatever they want, the power they so desperately crave over westerners.

 

I certainly won't be lured by this temporary olive branch. My wages mostly go back to the UK now to purchase property that I can actually own. 

[vandeventer]

This would be very nice,but first you must give us a 6 month  amnesty from the the 26 of 

sept. and also keep the Chinese tourist out as the second wave of the virus may be hitting them now.

You really need to drop this visa <deleted> as most of us are retired and more responsive to the virus.

So stop trying to push us out of the country as no one knows where to go.None of us have the

the virus so what is the problem?

[quake]

53 minutes ago, brommers said:

 

Two Faced Thailand has rubbed my face in the dirt one too many times.

That's a 100% true.

Cheeky monkeys. 

[apetryxx]

This idea could be implemented immediately, I mean today, for those of us with pink I. D. Cards. But of course, that’s too easy. As for others, there are, quite simply, no tourists in the kingdom these days so why not hand out the passes at some convenient venues if one just shows a passport.

[Henryford]

So we only pay treble at National Parks instead of quadruple.

[tonray]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said TAT would issue special cards to expats to show at accommodations and attractions so they can avail of discounted prices.

I think it would be more useful to issue "Get out of Jail Free" cards for IDC after expats on overstay on Sept 27th

[sandyf]

24 minutes ago, sletraveler said:

The discount is only available at overpriced venues I would never stay at right?

Not really. The discount would allow a better hotel at about the same price.

They have indicated it would be similar to the Thai scheme and under that we booked 3 nights at the Bluesotel in Ao Nang for 2000 baht. If anyone thinks that less than 700 baht/night with breakfast is far too much then they would probably stay at home anyway.

 

As for simplicity, booking under the Thai scheme is not easy so why would it be any different.

[UTH001]

31 minutes ago, sletraveler said:

The discount is only available at overpriced venues I would never stay at right?

Yip, doubt very much that the program offer to falang will be anywhere near as good as it is for the Thais under the  TRAVEL TOGETHER promotion. And why issue a card? Can't we register online and get a code, like Thais did/do? Add a function to include a copy of passport, easy. I know, 'easy' does not work here...

[Hayduke]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Ministry now aims to roll out travel promotions for expats in Thailand

 

It doesn’t much matter whether this idea works or not…

 

Because a month from now we’ll be reading about its resounding success, how 62.5 million local 'ai farang' eagerly embraced the program, how 11 trillion Baht of pure profit was raised, how the tourism market is a thousand times bigger and better than ever....and how the Thai people are overcome with joyous thanks for their wise, far-sighted, and benevolent government.

 

Trusted Thailand,....believing is seeing.

 

 

 

[sandyf]

41 minutes ago, Blot said:

If you have a Thai driving licence, you have an ID card as your passport number is on the licence........ simples ????

Why is it that some people with a driving licence think that it is the answer to everything.

[Wake Up]

Screw Thailand. No one cares about helping Thailand anymore. Hope they close their borders forever and enjoy eating rice and bugs. Thankful I don’t have a thai wife and family and own a bunch of stuff in Thailand.