Travellers to Thailand for vacations or brief business trips from 93 countries, including Austria, China, South Korea, Canada and Germany, are no longer required to get a visa and can stay in the country for 60 days. Aiming to boost tourism, this exemption can be renewed at an immigration office for an extra 30 days. To provide more convenience, travellers from 31 countries and territories, including Armenia, Belarus, El Salvador, Ethiopia and Venezuela, can apply for 15-day visas for 2,000 baht at immigration upon arrival.
In addition, Thailand has launched the Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) designed for remote workers, digital nomads and freelancers as well as those participating in activities such as muay Thai courses, cooking classes, sports training, medical treatments, seminars and music festivals. Spouses and dependent children of DTV holders are also eligible. Meanwhile, foreign students engaged in higher education can benefit from the new student visa (Non-Immigrant ED Plus) which allows them to remain in the country for an additional year following graduation to find work.
Once they have local employment, they are able to change to a Non-Immigration B visa without having to leave Thailand. Visit thaiconsulatela.thaiembassy.
org . Arriving in the North of the country, Vijitr @ Chaing Mai returns to San Kamphaeng Hot Springs for its second edition and runs until this Sunday. Designed under the "Iridescence Land" concept, the festival is divided into 10 zones to showca.