Thailand to impose RM39 entry fee for foreign travellers from June as tourism booms

BANGKOK, Feb 14 (Bloomberg): Thailand will impose an entry fee on foreign holidaymakers from June as the tourism-reliant nation presses ahead with the long-delayed levy following a better-than-expected recovery in tourist arrivals.

Travellers flying into Thailand will need to pay 300 baht (US$8.9) for each trip and those entering the South-East Asian nation through its land borders and sea ports will be levied 150 baht each, Tourism Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told reporters after the cabinet approved the charges Tuesday.