Hoteliers: Online car registration needed to reduce queues at Sadao border

Malaysian tourists and Thai returnees clog the Sadao checkpoint in Songkhla. Holidaying Malaysian motorists face long queues, sometimes extending overnight, when entering and leaving Thailand. (Photo: Sadao Customs House Facebook)

SONGKHLA - The president of the Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel Association wants the government to allow Malaysian visitors to register their vehicles online prior to travelling, to reduce the long queues at Thai immigration checkpoints.

The association said serious action is needed to reduce the increasing checkpoint congestion.