Thailand may get pricier for foreign tourists with dual hotel rates

Under the proposed plan, foreign visitors may be pre-Covid-19 rates while locals may continue to enjoy discounted prices. - AFP

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Foreign tourists may soon find Thailand a more expensive destination than in the past two years with the country now planning to raise hotel rates to pre-pandemic levels to support a faster recovery of the industry.

Thailand’s tourism ministry plans to ask hotel operators to implement a dual-tariff structure under which foreign visitors may be charged rates similar to pre-pandemic days while locals may continue to enjoy discounted rates, Traisuree Taisaranakul, a government spokeswoman said in a statement on Wednesday (july 6).