Thailand Hikes Entrance Fees for Foreign Visitors at Historical Attractions

[Trippy]

23 minutes ago, Edwin Cameron said:

This is blatant discrimination, if we did that here in Australia we would be labelled 'Racist's'....

Wasn't the ten pound pom program, whites only?

[mberbae]

The authorities behind this scam never consider the fact that a LOT of foreignrs

have lived here 10-15- 20 years and raised Thai families ( including the grand-

parents, of course ). But they still must pay the foreigner fees.

I don't tip any more. Not so sweet revenge.

[vivananahuahin]

Welcome to Thailand, finances are sinking. 

[poskat]

1 hour ago, stix40 said:

Still cheap but I understand the sentiment.

I have heard if you show a Thai driving license that can reduce the cost ?

True or urban myth?

I typically get the local price when I show them my work permit

[cnx101]

No interest to enter any of them

[sambum]

Is it not  only a couple of years back when they were saying that the same price should apply to everyone - locals and visitors alike?

[Surasak]

Next week signs will be erected at the entrance to these sites. "FREE ENTRY TOMORROW"

[SoilSpoil]

1 hour ago, MRtommyR said:

It wasn't racist because it was based on residency which is not the same principal as the system in Thailand.

My Japanese friends pay thev ocal price, so white or black man's tax. Totally racist.

[BritScot]

2 hours ago, stix40 said:

Still cheap but I understand the sentiment.

I have heard if you show a Thai driving license that can reduce the cost ?

True or urban myth?

Sometimes just reduced.

[racket]

Who visits these boring sites anyways? A waste of money, and you can get to see someone else on YouTube instead.

[rwill]

If you can't get enough tourists to come make the ones that do pay more.

[khunjeff]

1 hour ago, Joe32 said:

So, racist, yes. 

The Thai system is effectively racist, yes. My comment was in reply to the question of whether having a local resident price for Disney World was racist.

[10baht]

What about pink card holders?

[swissman53]

Our countries should start doing the same thing only with Thai People. Maybe that would be the only thing that helps.....

[sandyf]

2 hours ago, Grahamlil said:

What a way to make foreign visitors feel welcome

I struggle to understand Thailand they say they want visitors for the economy then treat them like crap   

Happens all over the world, but why should that come into it when whinging about Thailand has become the order of the day on here.

[roger101]

7 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Happens all over the world, but why should that come into it when whinging about Thailand has become the order of the day on here.

I'm not whinging about it, just stating a fact that I won't go anywhere that has a dual pricing system.

[SoilSpoil]

10 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Happens all over the world, but why should that come into it when whinging about Thailand has become the order of the day on here.

Well Einstein, maybe because this is a forum about Thailand and not about the rest of the world? 

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

I just love it every time we enter a National Park and I am singled out in front of my family and told to pay 5 or 10 times more. Makes me feel so welcome.  

Are you not hiding deep enough in the footwell? I never pay anything.

Don't get mad,get even ! ????

[Joseph98765]

so they recognize us with the new 300b entrance fee (Work permit, ...) but for this...nope?

[newnative]

      I'm happy to pay extra and it makes perfect sense to me.  Different pricing based on criteria is not unique to Thailand.  If paying 200 baht to enter a national attraction is going to bend me out of shape and ruin my day, I'll stay home.  But, I don't give it a second thought.

[Chongalulu]

1 hour ago, mberbae said:

The authorities behind this scam never consider the fact that a LOT of foreignrs

have lived here 10-15- 20 years and raised Thai families ( including the grand-

parents, of course ). But they still must pay the foreigner fees.

I don't tip any more. Not so sweet revenge.

You're punishing the wrong people 

[rabas]

22 minutes ago, swissman53 said:

Our countries should start doing the same thing only with Thai People. Maybe that would be the only thing that helps.....

They do. About 1000B just to enter the US Shenandoah National Park,  about 500B average up to 1000s to enter tourist attractions in Paris.

 

You realize that the measly 10B - 20B that poor Thai pay does not begin to cover most attractions' operating costs. That comes out of taxes on Thai people, of which tourists pay nothing!

 

So why on Earth should a poor Thai person pay more, though taxes and high entrances costs, that a foreign tourist? And even full entrance fees in Thailand are much cheaper than the West.

 

[sandyf]

29 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

The Thai system is effectively racist, yes.

That is the falang single minded view. Tourists create damage in their wake so not unreasonable to keep prices up and numbers down.

A lesson learned, and not just in Thailand.

 

Thai authorities announced they would be temporarily closing the bay from 1 June, but have now extended the planned four-month closure to at least a year, due to the extent of the destruction caused by the thousands of day-trippers.

Thanks to pollution from litter, boats and sun cream, it is estimated that more than 80% of the coral around Maya Bay has been destroyed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/03/thailand-bay-made-famous-by-the-beach-closed-indefinitely

 

A tourist from England accused of defacing the Colosseum has said he was not aware of the age of the ancient monument.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/05/english-tourist-accused-of-carving-name-in-colosseum-says-he-did-not-realise-its-age

[BritManToo]

3 minutes ago, rabas said:

They do. About 1000B just to enter the US Shenandoah National Park,  about 500B average up to 1000s to enter tourist attractions in Paris.

 

You realize that the measly 10B - 20B that poor Thai pay does not begin to cover most attractions' operating costs. That comes out of taxes on Thai people, of which tourists pay nothing!

 

So why on Earth should a poor Thai person pay more, though taxes and high entrances costs, that a foreign tourist? And even full entrance fees in Thailand are much cheaper than the West.

 

80% of Thai people don't pay income tax.

Everyone in Thailand pays VAT on purchases.

 

What taxes were you thinking of?

[sandyf]

13 minutes ago, roger101 said:

I'm not whinging about it, just stating a fact that I won't go anywhere that has a dual pricing system.

Not what you stated.

"What a way to make foreign visitors feel welcome

I struggle to understand Thailand they say they want visitors for the economy then treat them like crap"

[newnative]

6 minutes ago, rabas said:

They do. About 1000B just to enter the US Shenandoah National Park,  about 500B average up to 1000s to enter tourist attractions in Paris.

 

You realize that the measly 10B - 20B that poor Thai pay does not begin to cover most attractions' operating costs. That comes out of taxes on Thai people, of which tourists pay nothing!

 

So why on Earth should a poor Thai person pay more, though taxes and high entrances costs, that a foreign tourist? And even full entrance fees in Thailand are much cheaper than the West.

 

Thank you.

[findlay13]

It's the Thai way.No customers? raise the prices! ????

[sandyf]

15 minutes ago, SoilSpoil said:

Well Einstein, maybe because this is a forum about Thailand and not about the rest of the world? 

Exactly, a forum with a majority narrow minded xenophobes whinging about what goes on in Thailand as though it was unique.

[stoner]

1 hour ago, Balance said:

There is a lot of tea to be served.

 

at least have some balance .....right ? :)

[Cake Monster]

How to win friends and influence people Thai style.

Must have taken lessons from the Supermarkets - Less Customers = hike the the prices