Rich in India advised Indians to obtain visas from the embassy or consulate before travelling to avoid long queues at Bangkok‘s Suvarnabhumi Airport upon arrival in Thailand.
International tourists have been flooding into Thailand since High Season started last month. For the first time in years, 50,000 overseas vacationers handed by way of immigration at Suvarnabhumi Airport in one day last month. The primary vacationers had been Indians, with 5,200 arriving that day.
Despite immigration officials staffing all of the available cubicles and reportedly spending not than 45 seconds checking the documents of every arrival, vacationers are nonetheless queuing up for hours to get through the border into Thailand.
To lure in tourists, Thailand is granting longer stays to tourists this High Season. So while Indians are eligible to realize a visa on arrival that grants them as much as 30 days in the kingdom, their vacation might get off to a bitter begin if they end up waiting hours for his or her visa.
The embassy advises obtaining a visa at their native Thai embassy or consulate earlier than travelling to make the method smoother and faster. Tourist Visa (TV) grants a stay of up to 60 days.
Thailand’s ambassador to India Pattarat Hongtong said…
“I assume that is quite natural for any airport, not only in Thailand. When we open the borders, nobody can expect the precise number of incoming guests or tourists. So that’s why for Indians we advise them to get a visa from the Embassy or Consulate General before travelling to Thailand which may be helpful towards things.
“We have tried to improve by rising the quantity of people who work at the airport to facilitate the tourists.”
Visa on arrival might be the one purpose behind the lengthy queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport, added Pattarat..