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@davestat – I am not surprised by the tourism volume you mention, amongst other things, as the TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) have made a a number of changes to its visa regime, increasing the number of countries whose nationals are eligible for visa exemptions from 57 to 93, who are now eligible to stay in Thailand for 60 days, up from 30 days previously.
They want to bring tourism up to pre pandemic levels, as an estimate, tourism accounts for 12% of its GDP, and nearly a fifth of its jobs.
It also introduced the Destination Thailand Visa, which allows foreign digital nomads, freelancers, and remote workers to stay in Thailand for up to 180 days per visit, on a multiple-entry basis, for a period of five years. On top of this, the TAT has taken steps to reduce bottlenecks at the country’s airports, particularly at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, where it has an automatic passport control system.
I’m not sure how efficient the new barrier system will be
(I will find out later this year) hopefully better than LHR! using them yesterday at T5, I had the Seek assistance notice, so went to the manned immigration booths (luckily it was deserted) asked the officer what the error was, and he said there wasn’t one, he just said, the barriers are used thousands of times a day and sometimes they don’t work correctly.
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