Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara is asking for visa-free travel privileges for Thai vacationers travelling to Germany and different European Union (EU) nations.
During his stay within the United States to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78), the sixty six year previous MP seized the opportunity to satisfy with German Foreign Minister Tobias Lindner to strengthen ties and talk about varied cooperation between the 2 international locations.
The discussion was mainly about trade partnerships, the management of local weather change, the emergence of electric and hydrogen autos, as nicely as the intricacies of the defence trade. Pranpree also invited the German Minister to consider the Schengen visa exemption for Thai tourists.
Running out that Germany is a number one vacation spot for Thai folks together with different EU members such as France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Therefore, Thailand wished to ask for cooperation to strengthen the potency of the Thai passport and facilitate journey via a visa-free policy.
As of now, there was no official announcement concerning the outcome of those deliberations or the next steps within the negotiation process.
In a associated development, Thailand just lately launched a visa-free policy, efficient from right now, for travellers from China and Kazakhstan. This coverage will stay in impact for a duration of 5 months, extending till February 25, 2024.
The primary goal of the measure is to attract more overseas tourists to Thailand, particularly Chinese, as the number of Chinese tourists has been declining since the pandemic. The authorities expects the visa-free coverage to attract greater than 18,000 Chinese nationals per day to Thailand, up from about 9,600 per day.
The Ministry of Transport additionally planned to supply extra payment channels from Chinese service suppliers to boost the comfort for Chinese nationals at airports and native outlets throughout Thailand.
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