PM to look into extending tourist visas to 90 days

Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Saturday, the new government will consider extending tourist visa validities from 30 days to 90 days and the easing of immigration procedures, to make them more convenient for foreign tourists, and responding to call from tourism business operators for the government to boost the tourism industry.

The prime minister met with tourism businesses in Phang-nga province and discussed the possibility of renovating an old airport in Phang-nga, to accommodate small commercial planes, and the promotion of tourism in local communities, to boost sales of local products and the incomes of local people.