B500 fee for foreign tourists starts next year
published : 4 Oct 2021 at 09:22
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Narumon Kasemsuk
The Tourism and Sports Ministry will start collecting a 500-baht tourism fee for a "tourism transformation fund" next year.
The Centre for Economic Situation Administration last week approved the fund, which will help projects that transform the tourism industry.
Yuthasak Supasorn, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor, said the fee collection of 500 baht per person should start next year, with the aim of collecting 5 billion within the first year, assuming 10 million foreign arrivals in 2022.
The National Tourism Policy Committee already gave its approval earlier this year, with a proposed fee of 300 baht per person.
Mr Yuthasak said the additional 200 baht will be for a variety of projects.
"The additional cost won't have an impact on tourists as we want to focus on the quality market," said Mr Yuthasak.
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Vocabulary
- approve (verb): to officially agree to a plan, request, etc. - เห็นชอบ, เห็นด้วย
- assume: to accept something to be true without question or proof - ทึกทักเอา, คิดว่าเป็นจริง,
- fee: an amount of money that you pay to be allowed to do something - ค่าธรรมเนียม
- impact (noun): an effect or influence - ผลกระทบ
- market (noun): business or trade, or the amount of trade in a particular type of goods - ตลาด, กลุ่มผู้ซื้อ, ความต้องการสินค้า
- project: a planned piece of work that is designed to find information about something, to produce something new, or to improve something - โครงการ
- proposed: suggested as an idea for a group to consider - ถูกเสนอ
- quality (adj): high quality - คุณภาพสูง
- transform: to change, especially in a big way - เปลี่ยน, เปลี่ยนสภาพ
- variety (noun): many different types of things or people - ความหลากหลาย
