Sin taxes to be used for the development of tourism destinations

[Lite Beer]

Sin taxes to be used for the development of tourism destinations

BANGKOK: -- The National Tourism Policy Committee has decided to set aside two percent of the so-called “sin taxes” to set up a fund for the development of tourism destinations.

Tourism and Sports permanent secretary Suwat Sitthilor said Saturday that the committee chaired by Admiral Narong Pipattanasai,chief of the sociology section of the National Council for Peace and Order, agreed to allocate two percent of the liquor and tobacco taxes amounting to 3,000-4,000 million baht to set up a fund for development of tourism destinations.

A subcommittee will be set up to follow up the fund establishment and a bill on this issue will be drawn up and submitted to the National Legislative Assembly once it is formed.

The meeting also endorsed a plan to form five tourism development groups as follows: Lanna civilization group which covers Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun and Lampang; Active Beach group which includes Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat; Isarn civilization group which includes Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani; Royal Coast group which includes Petchaburi, Prachub Khiri Khan, Chumporn and Ranong; and Andaman group which includes Krabi, Phang-nga, Phuket, Trang and Satun.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/sin-taxes-used-development-tourism-destinations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sin-taxes-used-development-tourism-destinations

-- Thai PBS 2014-07-26

[NongKhaiKid]

I thought successive govts were against the public smoking and drinking so if all the campaigns work say goodbye to the sin tax.

Thainess - propose using revenue from activities that may be banned.

[chooka]

So are they going to extend walking street with the money generated from this tax thus generating more revenue?

[jaltsc]

"...allocate two percent of the liquor and tobacco taxes amounting to 3,000-4,000 million baht to set up a fund for development of tourism destinations."

No need to tax prostitution since it is the reason many tourist destinations are developed...without any help from government agencies. Besides, it would too taxing (pun intended) for the girls to try and figure out 2% of the bar fines.

[noitom]

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

[chainarong]

<script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script>

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

Don't laugh the economy was so bad in 1999 that the sex industry saved Thailand.

[ratcatcher]

"...allocate two percent of the liquor and tobacco taxes amounting to 3,000-4,000 million baht to set up a fund for development of tourism destinations."

No need to tax prostitution since it is the reason many tourist destinations are developed...without any help from government agencies. Besides, it would too taxing (pun intended) for the girls to try and figure out 2% of the bar fines.

Alcohol and tobacco are legal in Thailand. For some strange reason, prostitution isn't.

But as most know, the economy would have a small problem if all the ladies and gentlemen and those in between, were to decide to quit and return home.

The horror.

[rubl]

"The National Tourism Policy Committee has decided to set aside two percent of the so-called “sin taxes” to set up a fund for the development of tourism destinations."

"A subcommittee will be set up to follow up the fund establishment and a bill on this issue will be drawn up and submitted to the National Legislative Assembly once it is formed."

In other words, things are still undecided

[jaltsc]

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

That's not the bone that drives the Thai economy.

[jpeg]

<script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script>

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

Don't laugh the economy was so bad in 1999 that the sex industry saved Thailand.

Oh well then, Thailand should be a shining example to the rest of the world - ailing economy? Whore out your women.

[Jeremy50]

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

That's not the bone that drives the Thai economy.

Countless bones a year might disagree.

[trainman34014]

"...allocate two percent of the liquor and tobacco taxes amounting to 3,000-4,000 million baht to set up a fund for development of tourism destinations."

No need to tax prostitution since it is the reason many tourist destinations are developed...without any help from government agencies. Besides, it would too taxing (pun intended) for the girls to try and figure out 2% of the bar fines.

What prostitution ? Officially it is illegal and doesn't exist. Places like Pattaya are thriving seaside towns known for family waterfront walks, lovely cafe's and strolls around Nong Nooch Gardens.

[Pib]

Sin taxes to be used for the development of tourism destinations

Or said another way, use sin taxes to increase the amount of sin taxes collected like sin taxes on tobacco and alcohol. A perpetual motion tax machine which governments like to invest in. I thought sin taxes were suppose to be used to reduce/prevent perceived sins like tobacco and alcohol use and their associated impacts...and eventually stamping out the sin and the need for the tax. Oh, by the way, I'm a sinful person as I drink my fair share of beer so I don't guess the sin taxes are working on me (yet).

[theoldgit]

Offensive and off topic post, that breaches Forum Rules, removed, as well as a quoted response.

11) Do not post slurs, degrading or overly negative comments directed towards Thailand, specific locations, Thai institutions such as the judicial or law enforcement system, Thai culture, Thai people or any other group on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

[Songhua]

Do your part to get Second Road repaved ..... smoke a cigarette.

[Bulldozer Dawn]

Hilarious.

Guys. Make sure you get a receipt from the mammasan at your beer bar so that you can claim this tax back when leaving at the airport.

[NomadJoe]

I thought successive govts were against the public smoking and drinking so if all the campaigns work say goodbye to the sin tax.

Thainess - propose using revenue from activities that may be banned.

Or, many would argue, increasing the price of something would discourage the users which would help achieve the goals of those "successive governments". It is silly to think drinking or smoking will be banned.

The effects of alcohol abuse and cigarette smoking are a huge drain on public resources. There should be an large alcohol tax to pay for drunk driving awareness campaigns, alcohol rehab programs, and for a fund for victims of drunk drivers and their families. Cigarettes should be hugely taxed to support lung cancer awareness and be the sole source of funding for lung cancer hospital wards.

People should be able to do what they want, but there is no reason for the rest of us to have to pay for the consequences of others disgusting and suicidal habits.

Distribution of annual societal cost (mid-point values) of alcohol misuse in for 2007 (£ million)

[chainarong]

<script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script>

<script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script>

Hats off to the Thai girls. The real backbone of the Thai economy.

Don't laugh the economy was so bad in 1999 that the sex industry saved Thailand.

Oh well then, Thailand should be a shining example to the rest of the world - ailing economy? Whore out your women.

Quiet a few were worn out before the Thaitantic (Asian Crisis) sunk

[Bakseeda]

Some guys like to feel important, but the truth is Farangs tourists (sex tourists) are not important to the Thai economy. Thai to Thai prostitution has a cash value of arount ten times that of Farang to Thai prostitution. Really us farangs are a sticky bunch. Also, all the beautiful and high class hookers only work in the Thai to Thai market. Us farangs we get the left over scraps. If you really want to see beautiful high class girls by the bucket load, visit some of the Big Thai clubs in Bangkok. If your credit card allows entry. The Farang sex industry , generates around .0001% of Thai tourism spending. But this is not counting all the lovely new houses some stupid farangs build for their faithful (when farang is away) lovely hooker girlfriends. But love is blind.

Has anyone NOT read Private Dancer ?

And, I think there is nothing wrong with falling in love with a Thai hooker, as long as you know the score and you are willing to accept that she will Never change. You can take the girl out of the bar, but you can NEVER take the bar out of the girl... Try a role reversal.... can you imagine a bald, fat, smelly Thai bar girl walking down town and thinking SHE is sexy..... but you do..! Haha... Great weekend to one and all of us...

[jacky54]

They would make a lot more by taxing prostitutes, or would that be too sinfull?

[slipperylobster]

Smoke your way to better drinking? or something like that.

[slipperylobster]

They would make a lot more by taxing prostitutes, or would that be too sinfull?

back taxes????

[Zeegator]

I thought successive govts were against the public smoking and drinking so if all the campaigns work say goodbye to the sin tax.

Thainess - propose using revenue from activities that may be banned.

You're right of course, there is a very good chance that smoking and drinking may be banned. What a strange little world you live in.

[Zeegator]

Hilarious.

Guys. Make sure you get a receipt from the mammasan at your beer bar so that you can claim this tax back when leaving at the airport.

Hilarious.

[NongKhaiKid]

I thought successive govts were against the public smoking and drinking so if all the campaigns work say goodbye to the sin tax.

Thainess - propose using revenue from activities that may be banned.

You're right of course, there is a very good chance that smoking and drinking may be banned. What a strange little world you live in.

Of course they won't be banned completely it's an example of govts saying one thing and doing another.

Most govts love the taxes they get from ' sins ' but saying ' not good for you ' is the done thing.

[phutoie2]

Has anyone NOT read Private Dancer ?

wow, you take that as your guide to living in Thailand?.

[pisico]

They would make a lot more by taxing prostitutes, or would that be too sinfull?

That would work in Holland. Here would be unfair.

1- Here, it would mean admitting that there are Thai prostitutes, which officially they do not exist as all Thai girls are lily white.

2- furthermore. everybody knows that those girls in bars have a solid reason for being there: "My parents are farmers and I am their only hope."

[pisico]

Has anyone NOT read Private Dancer ?

wow, you take that as your guide to living in Thailand?.

Now... let me think... is sinsod (dowry) to "marry" a girl counts? Cheap beer? Soot, fly contaminated street food, disregard for the rule of law, motorcycles zipping up and down the footpaths endangering the lives of pedestrians, pervasive Xenophobia, fingers stuck to the knuckle into the nose (in public and private) to dig out buggers? Maybe those are some of the reasons to validate living here... Yes, Private Dancer, although not a guide to follow, alas, tells it like it is.

[h90]

"...allocate two percent of the liquor and tobacco taxes amounting to 3,000-4,000 million baht to set up a fund for development of tourism destinations."

No need to tax prostitution since it is the reason many tourist destinations are developed...without any help from government agencies. Besides, it would too taxing (pun intended) for the girls to try and figure out 2% of the bar fines.

What prostitution ? Officially it is illegal and doesn't exist. Places like Pattaya are thriving seaside towns known for family waterfront walks, lovely cafe's and strolls around Nong Nooch Gardens.

No sometimes they catch Ukraine and Russian girls. But luckily they get them fast before they undermine the Thai morality

[animatic]

Rather pointedly leaving off Samui.

Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand