New Delhi:
Thailand has indefinitely prolonged visa-free entry for Indian nationals, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) confirmed.
The coverage permits guests from India to remain within the nation for as much as 60 days, with the choice of extending the keep by an extra 30 days after permission from the native immigration workplace.
Indian vacationers can journey to Thailand with out the trouble of a visa software.
The visa-free entry coverage, launched on November 10 final yr, was to finish on Might 10. Later, the Thai authorities prolonged the short-term vacationer visa exemption scheme from Might 11 to November 11.
What does visa-free journey imply?
The visa-free journey permits a person to enter the nation with out a visa earlier than or upon arrival. With such a scheme, vacationers can merely journey to the nation with a legitimate passport, which they’ve to indicate on the immigration counter upon arrival.
For Indian vacationers, Thailand is among the many prime visa-free locations.
Within the first three months of 2024, Thailand recorded 9.4 million international vacationers, who contributed an estimated 454.6 billion baht ($12.4 billion) to its economic system in spending, Thailand’s tourism ministry earlier mentioned.
Additional, the nation goals for a file 40 million vacationers this yr, nearing its pre-pandemic excessive in 2019.
Thailand welcomed practically 1.64 million Indian vacationers till October this yr, making India its third-largest supply of worldwide guests after Malaysia and China.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand expects the variety of Indian guests to cross the two million mark by the top of this yr.
