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Foreign ministry: 20,000 foreign tourists a month set to come into Thailand

 

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A senior consular official at the Thai foreign ministry has said that the country is targeting 20,000 tourists a month.

 

This comes as they have proposed that extensions to 60 day visas will now be 45 days instead of 30 to account for the 14 day quarantine visitors must do.

 

It will apply to 56 countries including Russia, said Jaturon Chaiyakham. 

 

Jaturon said that PM Prayuth Chan-ocha wants more foreign tourists to come in. 

 

Right now the Covid situation is under control, he claimed, and there are 15,000 rooms for quarantine in Bangkok and Thailand can handle 1,000 visitors a day. 

 

The target is to get 20,000 per month to add to the 45,000 already in the country, 10,000 of whom are "stranded". 

 

In an upbeat assessment Jaturon said that the Certificate of Entry (CoE) is now easier than ever to get and can all be done online. 

 

Source: Channel 8