Unfortunately this will only apply to the financially 'well to do' retired and young populations.  And, will not benefit the still working population who are lucky to have 2-3 and maybe 4 weeks vacation time per year.  Also, at this time there are too many ridiculously high cost insurance requirements and other potential regulatory roadblocks to any tourism in Thailand.  Only when these newly implemented requirements are discontinued will tourism return to anything like in past years.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The government’s business easing committee will propose the government extend the validity of tourist visas to 45 days from 30 days to attract visitors.

Business easing committee, they don't get it..... until the quarantine is off the table no tourists are coming.

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

until the quarantine is off the table no tourists are coming.

 

Agreed.

 

Oh, and hundreds of flights per week.

 

Re-starting enough airlift capacity will take at least nine months. And will require advanced bookings for planning. Horse/cart dilemma.

 

 

But you're right, until TVE and VoA are re-implemented along with elimination of all the virus-y requirements, very few tourists would come, even when the current wave ends in the spring.

 

 

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

Tourist visas are for 60 days, not 30 days ????

Depends on where you are from. Upon arrival US citizens get 30 days. 

16 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

 

 

".......work out measures to attract visitors......"

 

 

 

I guess if you have no idea why people were coming in the first place, offering a 45 day visa is good a response as any......

it seems like the best way to attract visitors is to shut the <delete> up ...

The Thai Government is lacking the knowledge of how to handle these issues since they are NOT tourists or foreigners working in Thailand. Their egos are running over their knowledge.
 

They need to bring in some actual tourists, expats, etc into their discussion groups in order to learn what attracts tourist and what discourages them from Visiting Thailand.

Agreed most European tourists  i can image would normally get 3 to 4 weeks holiday breaks  so unless they take out the quarantine  won't be coming 

Its a bit unbelievable the Thai Visa forum allows articles like this to be posted unchecked. Its embarassing. Tourist Visa is 60 days extendable by 30 days. They are clearly referering to a 30 day Visa Exempt Entry. Come on Thai Visa get yout act together.

55 minutes ago, spermwhale said:

Depends on where you are from. Upon arrival US citizens get 30 days. 

Thats a visa exempt entry not a visa

2 hours ago, ThaiDiamond said:

Remember that all the current visa types--or exemptions--are suspended.  In effect, right now they don't exist.

Lol wrong. Single Entry Tourist visa allowed. Non O based on marriage or retirement allowed. Please keep up.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK, Dec 7 (TNA) – The government’s business easing committee will propose the government extend the validity of tourist visas to 45 days from 30 days to attract visitors.

They somehow conjecture that extending the visa an extra 15 days is an incentive to attract visitors and ignore the covid testing, fit to fly, certificate of entry and quarantine blockades that are put up to discourage people from coming. 

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Where are all these "highly educated" Thai politicians when you need them? 

Probably already affected from the newly legalized ganja business in Thailand. 

????Mamma mia Here we go again????

 

4 minutes ago, GeilGeilertzen said:

Probably already affected from the newly legalized ganja business in Thailand. 

You could be right there

15 hours ago, ImageDude said:

Instead of Immigration using the Covid-19 pandemic downtime to revamp the existing outdated and outmoded Visa System, they just keep throwing more visas into the confusion.

The rules are not made by immigration. They are made by the government and immigration are obliged to enforce them. The chance of this government easing anything regarding foreigners is probably zero.

It is a beginning,but they don't realise that the second wave is in Europe,America,everywhere in the world and if the people travel they need also go in quarantine when they come back.

Second, 2,3,may be 4 weeks holiday that the working people receive,nobody will come only married and retired with a house here.,no tourists anymore for a loooong time.

Domestic tourism is the key for the future.

2 hours ago, tonray said:

I was at the auto show at Impact Center on Sunday....your claims of economic armageddon are inflated. every table filled with people negotiating deals for new cars...we bought a new Mazda 2....40K discount off list plus lots of extras.....open til Sunday if anyone looking for new car...end of year they are discounting...Mazda 2 40K off list, Toyota 30K off Yaris list for example....

Who wants to buy a Mazda 2 or a Yaris and need that discount.  In my opinion they are both rubbish and anything except a car. 

9 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

Where did you pull that nugget from?                <----- rhetorical question.

Nobody who has been following the news since 2014 needs an answer.

10 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

I love this idea.  Because everybody I know who wants to come to Thailand is scratching their backsides over the hoops they have to jump through, to get the visa and misc. other permissions from their respective embassies!

 

So, we go back to visa on arrival (30 days) plus 15 days paid quarantine, but the beauty is, you get to arrive in Thailand just like before, just tack on an extra 15 days at the start of holiday (cost about $1000) and relax in your room, eat and drink, watch tv, whatever!

 

Thailand version 2.

 

I like it.

 

 

Or go somewhere else where you don't have to spend 15 days in quarantine (cost about $1000 that you don't need to spend elsewhere) and relax in a restaurant, eating and drinking with the $1000 you've saved by choosing somewhere other than Thailand.

2 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

Nobody who has been following the news since 2014 needs an answer.

 

So I was right about where you pulled it from then 

17 hours ago, ukrules said:

Tourist visas are for 60 days, not 30 days ????

Tourist visas are 60+30.......Lived on them for years like millions of others, but unfortunately this isn't enough money for the greedy little hands............  

17 hours ago, ukrules said:

Tourist visas are for 60 days, not 30 days ????

Well I guess they are about to move to 45 days

6 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

So I was right about where you pulled it from then 

Yes, just reading the tea leaves and speculating.

One thing about Thailand that is unique. Rumors almost always become true.

Unless you have PR already, revisit your plan B. Mine is looking like plan A now.

covid-19 is just the thin edge of the wedge.

 

Meanwhile let me know when visa free travel becomes possible again for westerners.

???? ????????

20 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Or go somewhere else where you don't have to spend 15 days in quarantine (cost about $1000 that you don't need to spend elsewhere) and relax in a restaurant, eating and drinking with the $1000 you've saved by choosing somewhere other than Thailand.

 

Like, which countries?

 

Options appear limited?

 

https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK, Dec 7 (TNA) – The government’s business easing committee will propose the government extend the validity of tourist visas to 45 days from 30 days to attract visitors.

Why don’t they just do 90 visa which will cut down on the work load.  People spend to much of their time trying to get extension and cut out the corruption. ????????????????

1 minute ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Like, which countries?

 

Options appear limited?

 

https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php

Doing just that, i'm in Portugal at the moment, no quarantine and no hassle, free entrance........ bars open and all the fun of the fair.......       Thailand's killing itself with all this confusion and xenophobia and most people just don't trust it anymore....... Like i've said many times........ New management needed..... 

4 minutes ago, Truth Will Set You Free said:

Why don’t they just do 90 visa which will cut down on the work load.  People spend to much of their time trying to get extension and cut out the corruption. ????????????????

Money...... 1900 first pop, 1900 second pop........  Then there's all the external costs of visa runs....... All about the money honey.........  Greed, rampant greed.......  

4 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Doing just that, i'm in Portugal at the moment

Cool, one country.

 

Have they lifted the regional lockdowns and curfews?

 

Are they still restricting flights from non-EU countries?

 

 

18 hours ago, ukrules said:

Tourist visas are for 60 days, not 30 days ????

My first thought exactly on reading the headline. Why is it every article written in Thailand ends up raising more questions than answers?

18 hours ago, Olivie said:

They are slow, but it seems they start to understand that the worst for their economy is coming without foreign tourists...

Not just Thailand...

Edited December 8, 20205 yr by Tech65