Thailand’s 300 baht arrival tax still up in the air

[webfact]

Will they, won’t they…

 

It’s not yet known if Thailand’s plan to impose a 300 baht levy on international arrivals will go ahead. The on again/off again so-called “tourism fee” or “arrival tax” or “tourist levy” has faced a number of roadblocks that have hampered its implementation and made it look increasingly unlikely to go ahead anytime soon.

 

The Bangkok Post reports that the matter is now up to the new administration to decide. The fee was initially approved by the outgoing Cabinet in February of this year and would have seen 300 baht being collected from air passengers, and 150 baht from those arriving by land or sea. However, it has yet to be published in the Royal Gazette and until that happens, nothing happens.

 

Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, says it will be up to the new government to decide the future of the scheme, but he believes implementation should be postponed until next year, when the tourism sector has fully recovered from the effects of the pandemic.

 

Story: By Peter Roche

Photo: Flickr/Jinky Dabon

 

Full story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/national-news/future-of-thailands-300-baht-arrival-tax-still-up-in-the-air/

 

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[Will B Good]

"...up in the air..."........very good

[khunjeff]

They approved the tax with no idea of exactly who would pay it, how it would be collected, or what it would be used for - how shocking that its implementation has been rocky ????

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It’s not yet known if Thailand’s plan to impose a 300 baht levy on international arrivals will go ahead. The on again/off again so-called “tourism fee” or “arrival tax” or “tourist levy” has faced a number of roadblocks that have hampered its implementation and made it look increasingly unlikely to go ahead anytime soon.

Just drop the idea and be thankful tourists want to come and spend millions of baht to prop up another otherwise bankrupt country.

[jacko45k]

18 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Just drop the idea and be thankful tourists want to come and spend millions of baht to prop up another otherwise bankrupt country.

Or just add it in with the 700 or so already on the tickets and let all arrivals pay. In the meantime completely forget the 1000 departure levy talked of before.