Thailand launches new visa promotions and retirement insurance reduction

Tourist queue at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport immigration.
Tourist queue at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport immigration. Photo: Wahyu Wijanarko / flickr.

The cabinet approved several new visa promotions to attract more tourists on Tuesday, including visa-free and visa-on-arrival schemes and longer stays for students, and a [Read More…]

Thailand allocates 50 million Baht in medical aid to assist foreign tourists in case of accidents

Speed boats carrying tourists on the Andaman Sea
Speed boats carrying tourists on the Andaman Sea. Photo: pxhere.

The coverage is 1 million Baht per person in the event of death, a maximum of 500,000 Baht for accident injury treatment, and 300,000 Baht for permanent disability, loss of sight or permanent organ loss.

Thailand to provide health insurance to foreigners

Hospital reception during COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Thailand
Hospital reception during COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Thailand. Photo: © ILO/Alin Sirisaksopit / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The health insurance system for non-Thais (Hint), devised by the Southeast Asian country’s Ministry of Public Health, will debut on January 1, 2024, and will allow non-Thais to access healthcare coverage.

Tourists from China and India must have health insurance coverage

Visa on arrival's queue at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok
Visa on arrival's queue at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Photo: Harsha K R / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Thursday) that tourists from India and China, both countries which require a negative RT-PCR test result and [Read More…]