Thailand said it would charge a tourist tax of 300 baht. Can it be implemented smoothly?

1, it may not be implemented in the short term: there are actually many objections to this new policy in Thailand.

Because the current epidemic has had a great impact on Thailand's tourism industry, Thailand received about 400,000 international tourists in 20021year, and the corresponding tourism income was about 24 billion baht (about 4.6 billion yuan), which was very ugly compared with that before the epidemic. However, after the spread of Omicron virus, Thailand resumed the compulsory quarantine of inbound tourists for 7 days to 10 days from 5438+0 this June, which will obviously have a great impact on tourism.

Therefore, in the current situation where the epidemic has a great impact, charging 300 baht now may make the travel situation worse. In this regard, Thailand's tourism industry does not think that it should be implemented in 2022, and the suggestion is to continue to postpone the implementation until 2023. Only when the whole tourism industry recovers, especially the China people, the main group of Thai tourism, can they come smoothly.

2. Long-term or will be implemented: from the taxation reasons given by the Thai government, it is actually reasonable. The epidemic has done harm to tourism. I hope to levy this tax to support tourism.

From the perspective of Thailand, tourism is one of the pillar industries in Thailand, and this epidemic has a great impact on tourism. Many employees are in great crisis and need some support. It is obviously a good-looking policy for Thailand to charge tourists a certain amount of small wool to feed the tourism industry, even without paying for it.

In addition, Thailand's practice of collecting such taxes is not unique to Thailand. In fact, neighboring Japan and Malaysia already have similar policies.

For example, Japan implemented an international tourism tax in 20 19, which is commonly called "leaving the country". Foreigners have to pay for going to Japan, which is directly added to the cost of outbound air tickets or ship tickets. Japanese people are also the main group to travel to China, but this charge has not had a substantial impact on tourists entering Japan (in the first half of 20 19, the number of Japanese people visiting Japan increased 15.7% year-on-year).

Therefore, Thailand is likely to learn from the precedents of neighboring countries such as Japan and think that it may not have much impact on inbound tourists. From this perspective, this policy is likely to be implemented in the future.

3. Will it affect the travel of China people?

Although Japan is a developed country, Thailand does not count! But traveling to Thailand is really cheap and convenient. Many people travel abroad for the first time in Southeast Asia, and Thailand is the first choice.

Therefore, the high probability will not affect the past of our domestic group. As long as the epidemic is over, we will still play and fly.

Generally speaking, Thailand's charge of 300 baht will definitely be implemented in the future, depending on the timing of specific implementation. Whether it can be implemented this year depends on the actual situation in Thailand this year. If the epidemic is serious, the Thai industry strongly opposes it and may not implement it.