If the Thai government has its way, hotels in the country will be equipped with a double tariff system in the future. Foreign travelers should have to dig deeper into their pockets than locals.

During the Corona crisis, many hotels in Thailand have lowered their prices in order to attract as many guests as possible to stay. In particular, in the classic holiday strongholds such as Krabi, Phuket and Koh Samui, accommodation operators granted high discounts. Even after the country was reopened to international tourism, these reduced tariffs have mostly not changed.

According to the will of the tourism authority, however, they should now be adjusted again: While the low hotel prices should continue to apply to residents of Thailand, foreign travelers would have to raise more money in the future. So far, however, it has only been an initiative by the ministry, to which the hotel associations have not yet responded, as Check24 reports. A similar model has been used for years in the national parks of Thailand, which charge a lower entrance fee to local visitors than to foreign visitors.

At this point in time, vacationers no longer have to register for entry, and the application for the Thailand passport is also no longer necessary. For travelers who have been fully vaccinated, it is sufficient to show the vaccination certificate; people without vaccination protection need a negative PCR or antigen test that is no more than 72 hours old. After entry, there is no longer a quarantine or test obligation.