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Thai anger at misbehaving foreigners triggers visa rules review

Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg
Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg • 3 min read
Thai anger at misbehaving foreigners triggers visa rules review
Proposals to reduce visa-free stay durations and impose an entry fee on all foreign holidaymakers have met resistance from the domestic tourism industry, which cautions that Thailand could lose out to Vietnam and Malaysia. Photo: Bloomberg
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(May 12): Thailand is poised to overhaul its liberal visa rules as the government ramps up a crackdown on foreigners who illegally run businesses or commit transnational crimes.

Possible measures include reducing the 60-day visa-free stay for tourists to 30 days and reviewing the criteria for categories, including investment, long-term stay, student and digital nomad visas, officials said. Visitors from 93 countries currently are eligible for the 60-day waiver.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the setting up of a working group to review the rules, government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said in a statement.

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