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Thailand Foreign Ministry and Immigration Department recently issued a circular, from September 27 to raise from 18 countries including China tourists to Thailand visa fees, up from the original 1000 baht-2000 baht (1 baht or about 0.19 Yuan). It is understood that this raised visa costs because the Government fears that criminals with "army of visa" into Thailand to create chaos, thus encouraging tourists visas ready in advance.
First of all, the visa fee adjustments are not Chinese, but involve Thailand granting visa policy for all countries and regions,
Includes: mainland China and Taiwan, Andorra, Bulgaria, Bhutan, Cyprus, Ethiopia, India, and Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, and Mauritius, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Secondly, the price is the only Visa, advance in China Thailand visa fees did not adjust.
At present, in the country ahead of Thailand visa RMB 230, Thailand visa only 1000 baht (about 192 million). Apply for visa on cheaper and more convenient by many tourists, many travel agencies in order to save costs directly apply for visa at the airport.
Thailand Travel Association (ATTA) Vice President Surat said, 50% group will handle Charter flights tourists visa immigration Thailand.
Chinese tourists told reporters that landed at Bangkok's suvarnabhumi international airport and line up checked regularly, it took him two hours to do.
Thailand Government considers that an excessive number of ports of entry officials relax their vigilance, lawless elements mixed in.
On January 19 this year, Thailand Prime Minister's Office spokesman San Sen said Thailand's Cabinet has approved visa on the price thing.
San Sen in day of press conference Shang said, because more convenient shortcut, in all port handle landing signed of number than to Thailand overseas Embassy and makes consulates of number, this makes the port entry at staff screening capacity declined, has let wrongful personnel took mix Thailand of risk, to Thailand domestic of security and public security brings hidden, so to improve port entry at staff of efficiency, let they can effective screening outlaws, Government specifically upgrade has landing signed price.
Thailand Tourist Association Vice Chairman xidiwa said that visa price increase may be on the China and India markets negatively impact, but he agreed the Government adjust visa fees, hoping to encourage tourist visas ready in advance and then in Thailand.
Xidiwa said that the world is now under pressure to terrorist infiltration, he believed visa prices could make workers better protection against illegal immigration destructive.
"Hello Thailand holidays" Dong Zheng赟, head of travel agencies in China were of the view that visa price hike has little effect on tourism, Thailand travel through pricing, the Government choose to embassies and consulates for visas, to ease congestion at the port of entry.
Chinese netizens expressed dissatisfaction about visa prices on social networking sites, but there are also netizens visa queues themselves to Thailand will be visas ready in advance, visa fee itself does not rise, has little effect on yourself.
Meanwhile, Visa relief in order to facilitate foreign tourists doubled in Thailand raised a number of objections.
Surat said, Visa prices at an early stage may result in foreign visitor numbers down, he said the visa fee increase will make many travel agents face higher costs, hope that the visa fees only rise 500 baht.
The Bangkok Post published an editorial criticizing visa prices, said just after a series of bombings in the South, Visa prices and Thailand many policy to attract foreign tourists, particularly Thailand Tourism clients in China and India are among the, the editorial asked Thailand Government to cancel price increases.
Thailand latest data released by the Ministry of tourism and sports, in January-July this year, over 19.53 million foreign tourists visited Thailand, 11.87% more than last year, in which mainland Chinese tourists 5.76 million, 29.5%, 27.38% more than last year, Chinese Taiwan tourists to 320,000, 440,000 tourists in Hong Kong. India more than 690,000, 3.57%, 13.07% more than last year.
Thailand expects Chinese tourists this year to more than 10 million visitors, Thailand Prime Minister prayuth expected more Chinese tourists can reach 25 million people within 10 years.
Thailand to Europe and many countries visa-free policy, the sum of us and European tourists only about 4.4 million, far less than the Chinese tourists. In the period under the British Government, China and Thailand have discussed the personnel holding ordinary passports of visa matters. Thai-Chinese cultural and economic association thanks to San recently called prayuth the Government continue to work with China on mutual exemption of visas. (Reporter Yang Zhou, Edition du Jian, reported Xinhua international client)
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泰国提高落地签费用原因曝光:并非针对中国游客|泰国签证费|落地签|泰国旅游_新闻资讯
泰国中国外交部和移民局近日发布通告，自9月27日起上调包括中国在内18个国家游客到泰国的落地签证费，从原1000泰铢上调至2000泰铢（1泰铢约合0.19元人民币）。据了解，本次上调落地签费用是因为政府担忧会有不法分子随着“落地签大军”混入泰国制造混乱，因此鼓励游客提前办好签证。
首先，本次落地签证费调整并非针对中国一国，而是涉及泰国给予落地签政策的所有国家和地区，
具体包括：中国大陆和台湾、安道尔、保加利亚、不丹、塞浦路斯、埃塞俄比亚、印度、哈萨克斯坦、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、马尔代夫、马耳他、毛里求斯、罗马尼亚、圣马力诺、沙特阿拉伯、乌克兰和乌兹别克斯坦。
其次，本次涨价的仅是落地签，在国内提前办理泰国签证的费用并未调整。
目前，在国内提前办泰国签证需230元人民币，而到了泰国办落地签只需1000泰铢（约合192元人民币）。办理落地签更便宜更方便受到不少游客青睐，但不少旅行社也为了节约成本直接带团客在机场办理落地签。
泰国旅行社协会（ATTA）副主席素叻瓦说，50%以上的旅游团包机游客都会办理落地签入境泰国。
有中国游客曾对记者表示，在曼谷素万那普国际机场办理落地签处经常大排长龙，他花了两个小时才办好。
泰国政府认为人数过多易让入境口岸官员放松警惕，让不法分子混入。
今年1月19日，泰国总理府发言人讪森公布称泰国内阁会议批准了落地签涨价一事。
讪森在当日的新闻发布会上说，因为更方便快捷，在各个口岸办理落地签的人数多于去泰国海外大使馆和使领馆的人数，这使得各口岸入境处工作人员甄别能力下 降，有让不法人员趁机混入泰国的风险，给泰国国内的治安和公众安全带来隐患，因此为了提高口岸入境处工作人员的工作效率，让他们能有效甄别不法分子，政府 专门提升了落地签价格。
泰国旅游协会副主席西地瓦说，落地签涨价可能会对中国及印度市场带来负面影响，但他认同本次政府调整落地签费用，希望能促使游客提前办好签证再入泰。
西地瓦说，现在全世界都面临恐怖主义渗透的压力，他相信落地签涨价能让工作人员更好地防止不法人员入境搞破坏。
“你好泰国假期”旅行社中国区负责人董正赟则认为，落地签涨价对旅游业影响不大，泰国政府通过调价让旅行社选择去大使馆和领事馆办理签证，以缓解入境口岸的拥堵情况。
有中国网民在社交网站上对落地签涨价表达了不满，但也有网民表示落地签本来就要排长队，自己去泰国一定会提前办好签证，而签证费本身并没有涨，对自己影响不大。
同时，为了方便外国游客的落地签一口气翻倍也在泰国引发了一些异议。
素叻瓦说，落地签涨价在初期可能会造成外国游客数量下滑，他表示本次落地签费用上调会让不少旅行社承担更高成本，希望落地签费用只涨500泰铢。
《曼谷邮报》则发表社论批评落地签涨价，称在南部刚刚发生一系列爆炸事件后，落地签涨价与泰国吸引外国游客的众多政策相悖，特别是泰国旅游业大客户中国和印度也在其中，社论要求泰国政府取消涨价。
据泰国旅游和体育部公布的最新数据，今年1至7月，超过1953万人次的外国游客访泰，比去年同期增长11.87%，其中中国大陆游客576万，占 29.5%，比去年同期增长27.38%，中国台湾游客32万，香港游客44万。印度游客超过69万，占3.57%，比去年同期增长13.07%。
泰国期望今年中国游客就能突破1000万人次，泰国总理巴育更预期10年内中国游客能达到2500万人次。
泰国给予欧美多国免签政策，但欧美游客的总和仅约440万，远少于中国游客。在英拉政府时期，中泰两国曾商谈持普通护照人员互免签证事宜。泰中文化经济协会副会长拜讪日前曾呼吁现巴育政府继续与中国谈互免签证事宜。（记者杨舟，编辑杜健，新华国际客户端报道）
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