First Muay Thai tourists arrive
published : 6 May 2024 at 08:44
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran
The first batch of eight Chinese tourists have arrived in Phuket to learn Muay Thai under 90-day "Non-Ed" visas.
Officials welcomed the eight Chinese tourists at Phuket International Airport on Saturday.
The Chinese tourists are the first group of foreign tourists travelling to Thailand under Non-Immigrant ED Visa, or Non-Ed Visa, to learn Thai boxing.
This type of visa allows foreign tourists who take Muay Thai classes in Thailand to stay in the country for a total of 90 days, providing them with a 30-day addition to the previous allowance of 60 days.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is promoting Muay Thai as one of the country's soft powers, an official said.
Vocabulary
- allowance: an amount of something allowed - การอนุญาตให้
- batch: a group of things considered similar in type - พวก, ชุด, กลุ่ม
- immigrant: a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently - ผู้อพยพ, คนย้ายถิ่น
- officials: people who have the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- power: ability to control and influence people and events - ที่มีอิทธิพล
- promote: to encourage or support something - สนับสนุน
- soft: not strict enough; weak - ไร้น้ำหนัก อ่อนด้วยเหตุผล
