‘Tourism fee’, now for all travellers to Thailand, ready to launch

[micmichd]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Covred for 30 days.. How about 90 dyas visa?? why do re entry permits need to pay?? Expats with insurances why do they have to pay? Why only foreigners and no Thais? Why only by air? and people in private jets, or yachts in harbors...???Why do pay already 700 THB exit fee in the tickets now??

How many more stupid idea's to attrack tourist will TAT and this Government have??

No one forbids you to get a travel health insurance in your home country which you can use as an add-up. Expats who work here are not tourists. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

20 minutes ago, micmichd said:

Probably yes, because Thais are already insured under the Thai Universal Health Care Scheme. 

So am I as a taxpayer but I am still being discriminated against. 

[micmichd]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Covred for 30 days.. How about 90 dyas visa?? why do re entry permits need to pay?? Expats with insurances why do they have to pay? Why only foreigners and no Thais? Why only by air? and people in private jets, or yachts in harbors...???Why do pay already 700 THB exit fee in the tickets now??

How many more stupid idea's to attrack tourist will TAT and this Government have??

No one forbids you to get a travel health insurance in your home country which you can use as an add-up. Expats who work here are not tourists. 

[johnnyxfingers]

Cambodia !!!

[DezLez]

14 minutes ago, sead said:

So I don't need a insurance now?

If you trust and undestand the "insurance cover", stay less than 31 days, get taken to only a Government hospital, and do not exceed any of the T&C's!

Sleep tight!

[hitext]

The biggest problem is vacationing farangs crashing motorbikes while driving drunk and/or without a valid motorbike license.

 

I think they will pay their 300 baht, only to find that one of the above invalidates their insurance. So the GoFundMe campaigns will continue. 
 

[allanos]

I see a potential problem looming when submitting a claim to a private insurer.

Often a question is asked whether the claimant has other insurance covering

the same type of event.

 

If one were to answer, "yes", there is/was mandatory Thai government insurance

cover for this accident/illness, I can see a private insurer rejecting the claim by

directing the claimant to go and claim, instead, from the government insurance

scheme.

 

It could turn out to be a ping-pong fest of to-ing and fro-ing.

 

Of course, one could lie on the private insurer's claim form and answer "no", but

it might come back and bite you in the "derriere", one day.

 

[Mavideol]

meaningless, senseless, rubbish out of sheer desperation

[elektrified]

300 for 30-days coverage up to 500,000 Baht sounds O.K. to me.

[RichardColeman]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

serving as insurance coverage of up to 500,000 baht per person in case of accidents.

I bet the catch in this is that you must pay your hospital bill in advance and you must make the claim in thailand, which will take months to pay out and get you spending 500k more in the thai economy before you get it

 

 

[terryofcrete]

I would bet my house on it that if I fell off a lady in Pattaya they would say it wasn't an accident ! 

[DezLez]

5 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

I would bet my house on it that if I fell off a lady in Pattaya they would say it wasn't an accident ! 

Especially if "she" was not a lady and you did or did not get your "come-up-ance"!

????

PS;  If you did claim what would it be for?

Answers in a postcard please!

Edited July 15, 2022 by DezLez

[Wrwest]

4 hours ago, internationalism said:

some thai issued accident policies do exclude moto accidents driving. Likely it also won't be included in this policy.

Travel insurance covers also health, so it's entirely to traveller if he gets separate policy.

Even regular health insurance have some international coverage for emergency treatments and for accidents. Probably many americans do have health insurance which would cover them in thailand, but not that many europeans have any health insurance

Not sure about the, “many Americans”. May well be true  since the U.S. sadly has no national healthcare program so it is a hodgepodge of private insurance or not. What I would love to see is a wrap around Thai healthcare program bringing retirees into the Thai national system for a substantially higher accident policy for 300 baht. If it works to cover the tourist motorbike accident then that would address one major issue.

Edited July 15, 2022 by Wrwest

[Chopinbkk]

I am a 67-year-old Ferang, living in Thailand with a 5 year "Privilege Visa" and a private health insurance which costs me ~ TB 120,000 /a., covering hospitalisation only.

So now, after arriving from abroad, can I do all my medical needs within the 1st 30 days?
Who will get the 1 Mio. should I die?
Thanks.
 

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Will be interesting to read about reactions, once tourists book a flight to Thailand, and a 'Foreigners fee' is added to the ticket...

They won't know about it, in the same way they have no knowledge of the departure tax.

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

So...this will be in affect for Ex-pats as well.  So I am now covered for any accident sickness up to 500,000 baht ....Yes ???....is that just for the year ?  But only for air arrivals -- ??

 

 

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It doesn't say that expats can use the insurance, only that they have to pay along with everyone else.

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It doesn't say that expats can use the insurance, only that they have to pay along with everyone else.

The real catch is hardly anyone will be able to use the insurance. 

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, LivingNThailand said:

I just "fake" booked a trip from Bangkok to San Francisco on an  Asian airlines and the website did not ask me my nationality or passport information.  Unless they ask after you give them the credit card information...which I didn't give them, of course.

Well, they would. They would ask for your passport number and its expiry date and no doubt your nationality too. That's long been my experience.

[micmichd]

21 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Not sure about the, “many Americans”. May well be true  since the U.S. sadly has no national healthcare program so it is a hodgepodge of private insurance or not. What I would love to see is a wrap around Thai healthcare program bringing retirees into the Thai national system for a substantially higher accident policy for 300 baht. If it works to cover the tourist motorbike accident then that would address one major issue.

That would be an additional accident insurance where you can put someone (your Thai spouse) as a beneciary in case you die. Or put in a will. 

[Bim Smith]

Maybe just discourage people from getting any insurance

[Bangkok Barry]

2 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The real catch is hardly anyone will be able to use the insurance. 

We don't know that, do we. It seems to me that those who have accidents of any kind will benefit, but not those who fall sick. And it'll work as any insurance does. The companies- in this case the government - charge a large enough fee, knowing only a few will use it and they have enough in the pot not to lose money over it.

[ukrules]

53 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Used to be paid at a machine at Don Mueang and before that a booth, you'd get a little paper receipt and could not pass immigration on the way out without it.

 

Tales of stranded begpackers abound. 

Yep, I remember the booth - didn't come back for a while (maybe 10 years) and missed the machine era completely!

 

[phetphet]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

It however only covers a traveler for 30 days. Expats etc. who stay longer than 30 days have no use for it.

I wonder if elective surgery is covered under other incidents. Expats might actually get their money's worth. 

Edited July 15, 2022 by phetphet

[LivingNThailand]

58 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Used to be paid at a machine at Don Mueang and before that a booth, you'd get a little paper receipt and could not pass immigration on the way out without it.

I definitely remember that.  Confused a lot of tourists.  Years ago I was in the Bahamas and two very young and hung over guys almost didn't get to leave the country because they used their last $ at the casino and didn't know that had to pay $$$ to LEAVE the country.  No one told them.  Unfortunately they were in front of me at the check in line.  Similar things at BKK airport, but fortunately they were behind me.!????

[chilly07]

Of course this is in addition to the previous 300 and 500 charges already included in fares. Only difference is the pretence that this is 'insurance' and as we know 'insurance companies' take no risk.

[Lucky Bones]

300 baht isn't much to an individual for zero cover.

Multiply that over several million individuals.

Good pocket money.

Another scam.

[micmichd]

16 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The real catch is hardly anyone will be able to use the insurance. 

This insurance is for foreign tourists, and they can use it (instead of leaving unpaid bills) 

[portlandtree]

7 hours ago, DezLez said:

As a long term resident can I claim "emotional distress" for being forced to pay 300Baht for insurance that I do not want need or is of any use to me?

basically were paying for the clumsy ones. so yeah that pisses me off and causes stress so yes we are entitled to at least a $300B refund up to $20,000B depending on how idiotist we can act

[Mavideol]

Just now, micmichd said:

This insurance is for foreign tourists, and they can use it (instead of leaving unpaid bills) 

I can't figure out how they have unpaid bills, every time one of my family members goes to the hospital they don't let us move close to the door until passing by the cashier's first

[userabcd]

So it is now labelled as a ''tourism fee''