The government plans to waive visa fees for three months, cut the landing fee by up to 50% for airlines, and waive property tax for hotel operators for this year in a bid to revive its key tourism industry, which has been battered by political turmoil that culminated in the occupation of Bangkok’s two airports late last year. The measure will be proposed to the cabinet for approval next week. According to a source from the Government House, a 50% cut of landing fees would be applicable only to state-run airports and the drop would be in addition to a… Read more »
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Rescue plan cuts visa fees
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Samui hits 90% occupancy
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Due to the Chinese New Year clelebrations and general tourists arriving on Koh Samui, the number of hotel bookings on the island have increased to 90% according to Mr. Phanu Woramit, head of the Suratthani office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. This has also led to a positive knock effect to the neighbouring islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. The number of tourists in general across Thailand have dropped since the demonstrations at Bangkok’s main airport early December. Bangkok Air runs a minimum of 10 flights a day between Bangkok and Koh Samui and have recently announced their… Read more »
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