The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is excited about the prospect of more visitors from Malaysia entering Thailand through a new, bigger checkpoint in Sadao district of Songkhla, but residents in the town where the old checkpoint is located don’t feel like celebrating.
The tourism agency has welcomed the opening of the new Sadao checkpoint and hopes it will end the gridlock from long lines of Malaysian cars and tour buses, and encourage Malaysians to spend money in southern Thailand.
