Srettha Thavsin, the Prime Minister of Thailand, announced during a visit to Chang Mai on 08 June 2024 that the Kingdom has formally revoked plans to impose a tourist tax on all foreign visitors.
As reported by Kompas.com, the Thai Parliament’s February 2023 proposal to impose a tax on foreign tourist visitors precipitated widespread protest, eventually causing the current Thai government to abandon the idea.
The unpopular proposal stipulated that foreigners arriving by land must pay a tax of 150 Baht (Rp. 67,000) or 300 Baht (Rp. 134,000) if arriving by air. The new tax was initially planned to take effect beginning in June 2023 but was postponed until September 2023. Following the Prime Minister’s latest pronouncement…