Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January 2020.Thailand will reportedly introduce a $14 entrance fee to foreign visitors in 2022.The fund will help the country recover from mass tourism.Thailand will reportedly introduce an entrance fee in 2022 as part of a bid to transform the tourism industry.visitors will be charged 500 baht, or around $14, which will go towards a "tourism transformation fund.
The publication added that The National Tourism Policy Committee approved the fund earlier this year, and the proposed fee was initially 300 baht, or around $8, per person. Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand , said that the additional 200 baht, or around $6, will fund projects in the private sector that will help the country restructure from mass tourism, as well as tourism-focused initiatives with an environmental focus, according to the publication.
Supasorn said the goal is to collect 5 billion baht, about $147 million, in the fund's first year, with a prediction of 10 million foreign arrivals to the country in 2022. "The projects should be co-creations and the government should use the fund to support projects that can create an economic impact. The proportion of public-private financial support could be 50:50, 60:40, or 70:30, depending on how much we want to make those projects happen," Supasorn told the publication.TRENDING
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