Visitors look at kiosks installed at a tourism promotion event at a shopping mall in Bangkok hosted by South Korea’s the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization in March. (Yonhap)
An official from the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that it would be “difficult” to temporarily waive travelers from Thailand from the requirement to obtain travel authorizations before entering the country.
The official’s remarks follow the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s request to the Justice Ministry to temporarily exempt Thailand from the country’s electronic travel authorization system K-ETA, at least until the end of this year, as the number of Thai travelers to Korea has plummeted.
Despite the…