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Portal planned to help foreigners access services
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/01/2022
» The Digital Government Development Agency (DGA), which is tasked with digitising the workings of the Thai government, is developing a central portal to facilitate foreigners accessing government services in an effort to boost tourism and the economy.
Migrant workers' deadline extended
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/06/2021
» The cabinet has extended the Covid-19 testing period for migrant workers from three countries by 90 days to Sept 13 as medical workers are overwhelmed and have no time to test them.
Cabinet OKs extending visa fee waiver
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 25/04/2019
» The cabinet on Wednesday gave the nod to extending the waiver of visa-on-arrival fees for visitors from 21 nations for another six months to ward off an economic slump during the transition to a new government.
Visa waiver draws income
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/04/2019
» A planned three-month extension of visa-on-arrival fee waivers is expected to raise billions of baht after the incentives drew 122 billion baht worth of tourism income in the past 3½ months.
Visa-on-arrival waiver extension in the works
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/04/2019
» Plans are afoot to extend the waiver of the visa-on-arrival fee for visitors for another three months to ward off an economic slump during the transition to a new government.
State urged to offer online VAT services
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/03/2019
» Ant Financial Services Group, the operator of China's biggest online payment platform under Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba Group, has called on the Thai government to offer more online services for value-added tax (VAT) refunds and immigration processing to facilitate international tourists, particularly Chinese.
Tourism packages promised
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/10/2018
» A series of intensive tourism packages are to be implemented by mid-November to increase foreign visitor numbers during the remainder of the year, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Cabinet OKs perks for tech investors
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/08/2017
» Industry experts and foreign investors in high technology will be entitled to four-year visa-free grants and free work permits under a new scheme.
Journey Land to vet Thai visitors to Korea
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/06/2017
» Journey Land, a Thai wholesale tour company, has teamed up with Seoul Tourism Organisation to help screen Thai visitors bound for Korea in an effort to prevent illegal immigration.
Chiefs set B2-trillion 2015 goal
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/03/2012
» The government and major tourism organisations agreed on reforms for the industry to generate 2 trillion baht in revenue by 2015.