The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), in partnership with the Bank of Thailand and other agencies, is accelerating the rollout of its Cross-Border QR Payment project to support digital tourism and promote spending.
The "Pay Like a Local" scheme enables visitors from China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Laos and Cambodia, as well as Hong Kong, to use their home mobile banking applications or e-wallets to pay Thai merchants directly through QR codes without exchanging cash or currency.