(Bangkok Comprehensive) The Thai government has decided to implement a five -month visa -free policy on Chinese tourists to accelerate the recovery of tourism.
The Prime Minister of Thailand chaired the first cabinet meeting on Wednesday (September 13) that in order to stimulate the development of Thailand tourism during the peak tourism season, the cabinet unanimously adopted a proposal to implement a visa -free policy on China and Kazakhstan tourists.The implementation period of the policy will begin on September 25 until February 29, 2024.
Tourism is the main economic pillar of Thailand, accounting for nearly 20%of GDP (GDP).After implementing this policy, Thailand is expected to increase the receiving foreign passengers from 11 million to 30 million last year and earn more than 1.4 trillion baht (about 53.3 billion yuan) from entry travelers.
Social Germany pointed out at the end of August that the process of applying for a tourist visa to Thailand is cumbersome and the charges are high, so that tourists who go to Thailand this year are not as good as expected.
According to the current bilateral agreement, only Chinese diplomatic passports and official passport personnel can be exempted from visa within 30 days.
At present, the way to go to Thailand's tourist visa mainly includes stickers tourism visas, electronic tourism visas and landing visas. These methods require a lot of information such as travel insurance, hotel reservation, and more than $ 280 travel expenses.To apply for a landing visa, you must meet some specific requirements and pay the cost of 2,000 baht (about S $ 76). It is also necessary to line up at the airport customs to enter the customs. The timeliness is 15 days.
Chinese media previously reported that in the first half of this year, the average waiting time for Chinese tourists to obtain a Thai tourist visa was nearly 15 days.
