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Tourist entry fee increase moves closer

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Thailand is still considering its long-planned increase of the foreign tourist entry fee from 300 baht, Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said on Wednesday.

He said the tourism tax — first proposed in 2020 but never implemented — should be higher than 300 baht because of inflation and rising insurance costs, in order to extend coverage at private hospitals.

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