Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Thailand will allow visa-free entry for tourists from India and Taiwan.
This is for a period of six months from November 10 to May 10, 2024
The government has taken this decision with an objective to draw in more tourists as the tourism season approaches.
A Thai government official told about this to a news agency.
Those arriving from India and Taiwan can enter Thailand for 30 days, according to Thai government spokesperson Chai Wacharonke.
The authorities hoped that the scheme would attract 1.4 million extra tourists, generating additional 55 billion baht or $1.5 billion in revenue.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said that Thailand will provide visa-free entry to India and Taiwan. A lot of their people like to travel to Thailand.
Right now, Indian and Taiwanese tourists have to apply for a 15-day visa-on-arrival at immigration checkpoints, present bank statements and proof of accommodation.
In September this year, Thailand had waived tourist visa requirements for Chinese nationals.
China was Thailand’s top pre-pandemic tourism market with 11 million of the record 39 million arrivals in 2019. Thailand is the second country to announce visa waivers for Indian globetrotters.
Recently, Sri Lanka announced visa-free entry for visitors from seven countries. These countries include India and China.
It is a part of a pilot project to shore up the island nation’s tourism till March 31, 2024.
From January-October 29, there were 22 million visitors to Thailand. They generated revenue worth 927.5 billion baht or $25.67 billion, as per the government data.
Of this, nearly one million Russian tourists have arrived in Thailand since the beginning of 2023.
This year, Thailand is eyeing roughly 28 million tourist arrivals.
This is because the government hopes that the travel sector can offset weak exports that have adversely impacted the country’s economic growth.
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