For PropertyGuru’s real estate news roundup, Thailand scrapped the proposed tourism fee for visiting tourists. In other updates, the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s hospitality campaign encourages frontline staff and members of the public to “smile more,” and Ho Chi Minh City River Festival 2024 has attracted nearly 4.5 million visitors.
Thailand scraps proposed tourism fee
Thailand has scrapped a plan to implement a THB300 (USD8.20) tourism fee for visitors arriving in the country by air.
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced the government’s decision to drop the plan during a visit to Chiang Mai last 8th June.
“The fee … was abandoned with the rationale that its elimination could…