Bangkok – 4 July 2014, Holders of Chinese and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
passports will be exempt from paying the visa fees when visiting Thailand
purely for the purpose of tourism for the period of 3 months between August –
October 2014.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now communicated this to the Ministry
of Interior as the direct agency authorised under the law to waive visa fees.
The Ministry of Interior will now consider this in the Committee meeting on
Monday, 4 August, 2014, and will draft the relevant ministerial decree, which is
expected to be able to fully implement this measure within this week.
Tourism Authority of Thailand Governor Thawatchai Arunyik said, “Such
confidence building measures are very important to help the private sector and
the many small and medium sized enterprises affected by the recent period of
political unrest. We are very pleased to see the NCPO giving the travel and
tourism industry the importance it deserves as a major contributor of economic
growth and jobs.”
Chinese visitors were selected for the exemption as part of commemorative
activities
marking the 40th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Relationship between
Thailand and the People’s Republic of China.
The exemption will apply only to visitors coming to Thailand for tourism,
and submitting their applications at Thai diplomatic missions or via the
visa-on-arrival desks at the Immigration Checkpoints. Only a Tourist Visa is
applicable to this measure; visitors who apply for other categories of visa;
such as, Transit Visa or Non-Immigrant Visa still have to pay for the visa fee
as normal.
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