New Entry Fee To Thailand For Foreigners?

[johnbarryseven]

Any one heard about this? Rumour has it ......

[BKKSTAN]

Uuuuuh?

[udongirl]

National parks.

[polehawk]

Any one heard about this? Rumour has it ......

It's true, I read about it in Thaivisa! It will be collected as an "un-cover charge" at all of the bars in Bangkok and Pattaya.

[aznyron]

can some one explain it better before I comment on it

[skipvice]

Any one heard about this? Rumour has it ......

It's true, I read about it in Thaivisa! It will be collected as an "un-cover charge" at all of the bars in Bangkok and Pattaya.

Thaivisa post was deleted. or I just can not find it any more.

[BKKSTAN]

Any one heard about this? Rumour has it ......

It's true, I read about it in Thaivisa! It will be collected as an "un-cover charge" at all of the bars in Bangkok and Pattaya.

I think it is a phoney rumour,but it is OK with me if they keep it confined to the bars in Pattaya and Bangkok

[Irish Alan]

In the past we left our brains at the airport for free, maybe they are charging for this service now!!!

[udongirl]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

[Irish Alan]

In Thai the nearest word I could find for Apartheid is Yaak-awk.

[polehawk]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

Retroactive? If so, I'm not paying!

Wonder if any other countries in the region (or the world) charge their foreign visitors up to twenty times more than the rate for their native citizens? Not making a statement, just wondering. Maybe waving the Thai DL will get the lower rate?

[Prenders88]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

That will then be 800 baht for some National Parks
One crumb of comfort for me, is my Thai friends are just as annoyed as me.
I wonder if waving a Thai DL plus a Yellow Tambien Baan will help?

[RALPHCUSENS]

I have been informed that foreigners holding Thai driving licences, will still be charged the same rate as Thais.

[udongirl]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

Retroactive? If so, I'm not paying!
Ist December to any English speakers. Hardly retroactive

[BKKSTAN]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

Retroactive? If so, I'm not paying!

Wonder if any other countries in the region (or the world) charge their foreign visitors up to twenty times more than the rate for their native citizens? Not making a statement, just wondering. Maybe waving the Thai DL will get the lower rate?

You might have a better shot if you paint your face with white cream,get in costume and act like an old Chinese Thai

[polehawk]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

Retroactive? If so, I'm not paying!
Ist December to any English speakers. Hardly retroactive

January 12th to any Amer-glish speakers.

[polehawk]

Again. The entry charge for farangs to go in the national parks is being , in some cases doubled, as from 1/12/07.

Retroactive? If so, I'm not paying!

Wonder if any other countries in the region (or the world) charge their foreign visitors up to twenty times more than the rate for their native citizens? Not making a statement, just wondering. Maybe waving the Thai DL will get the lower rate?

You might have a better shot if you paint your face with white cream,get in costume and act like an old Chinese Thai

Might have an even better shot if went back to the old high school trick of hiding in the trunk at drive-in movies.

[banpaeng]

Dam, Polehawk, I wonder how many on here know of drive-in or the ones that do , have they ever rode in in the trunk (boot for you non english speaking countries ).

Good ole days for sure. an awful lot happened in those drive-ins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maligator]

Had one here in Phoenix, well numerous ones really and still around 6 left and still showing on a nightly basis..
A spanish language one.( For thoses who know the Valley of the Scum...35th Ave and Buckeye...The Big Sky Drive In )
They used to charge $1.50 " a car load" ( I quote )
We used to go in our friends van...the old hippy wagon, shag carpet and everything ( even a picture of Groucho on the side )..about 50 of us would pile in. Yes FIFTY...with brewdawgs and everything else that was on the pleasure trip of that time ( '69-70 ) Man, that was a fun time.

Anyone surprised you are still here now in '07?

[TC]

Re: National parks

below is thread from Thaivisa.com

The pricing scale has been determined according to the estimated tourism potential, natural beauty, impact sensitivity, availability of public amenities and state of infrastructure for each individual national park.

The parks are now classified as belong into 1 of 4 entrance fee groups.

Group 1 charges 400 baht for foreign adults, 200 baht for foreign children, 80 baht for Thai adults and 40 baht for Thai children.

Group 2 charges 200 baht for foreign adults, 100 baht for foreign children, 40 baht for Thai adults, and 20 baht for Thai children.

Group 3 charges 100 baht for foreign adults, 50 baht for foreign children, 20 baht for Thai adults, 10 baht for Thai children.

Group 4 is everywhere else than those places belonging to 1, 2 and 3, and is completely free for everyone.

Once the entrance fee to a national park has been paid, it is valid for one day. If a person visits more than one national park on one and the same day, they will not be charged twice, provided they can show the ticket from the previous place of visit.

However, if the fee for the second place visited is higher than the first, the difference between the higher and the lower fee has to be paid at the second location. (I.e. if one visits a park which is 200 baht, and later that day goes to a park which is 400 baht, one will have to pay an additional 200 baht at the second location. If the fee at the second location is 200 baht or lower, no additional fee will be required.)

(As far as I have been able to make out, this document does not explain the situation for tourists who go to Koh Chang and stay, whether they will be required to pay each day, or just once for the entire trip.)

The announcement makes only one distinction: ชาวไทย 'chaaw thai' (Thais) and ชาวต่างประเทศ 'chaaw dtaang bpratheed' (foreigners). There is no discussion of foreigners who are long term residents, exchange students, holders of Thai work permits or hold Permanent Residency in
Thailand.

The topic on thaivisa also has the copy of the Thai document and listing of national park classifications
TC