AOT Addresses Suvarnabhumi Airport Queues with Upgrades

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

BANGKOK (NNT) – Airports of Thailand (AOT) and immigration authorities are taking steps to address the issue of long passenger queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport, following [Read More…]

Thai PM wants tourists sight-seeing or shopping, not stuck in airports

Immigration control, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok
Queue at immigration control, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok. Photo: Paul Sullivan / flickr.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has wanted all arriving air passengers from abroad to take no more than 30 minutes going through the immigration procedure and [Read More…]

New criteria for VAT refunds for tourists to reduce waiting queues

Inside the departures terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. Gates and VAT Refund signs and the statue of the Hindu gods known as "stirring the ocean"
Inside the departures terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. Gates and VAT Refund signs and the statue of the Hindu gods known as "stirring the ocean". Photo: Paul Sullivan / flickr.

The Revenue Department has improved value-added tax (VAT) refunds for tourists to reduce waiting queues to declare their goods to customs officials. The new criteria [Read More…]

Suvarnabhumi urges passengers to check in 3-4 hours before departure

Thailand News Breaking News
Thailand News Breaking News. Image: TN.

BANGKOK, 6 April 2012 (NNT) – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport has urged travelers to check in 3-4 hours before departure time to give some time [Read More…]