Bangkok, Jan. 17 -- The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Thursday announce that the Royal Thai Government has approved the extension of the visa-on-arrival fee waiver for citizens of 20 countries until Apr 30.

Previously, the exemption of the visa-on-arrival fee was from Nov 15, 2018 to Jan 13, 2019. The decision was announced in the Royal Thai Government Gazette on Jan 11, reasoning it as a measure to stimulate and promote tourism as well as to enhance the kingdoms attractiveness among foreign visitors during the high travel season. Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said the continuation of the stimulus visa-on-arrival measure came at a perfect time as Thailand is set to celebrate Chinese New Ye...