The backpackers on Khao San Road, the Bangkok thoroughfare beloved by budget travellers, are waking up this week with an extra headache: the government is preparing to shorten the length of visa-free stays.
Near the Tha Tian pier, where tourists catch ferries to Wat Arun, Irishman Alex Brady said the new 30-day limit would have affected his plans a lot — because he and his friends “initially came here with no plan at all”.
