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17.12.2024 Thai MICE industry makes strong comeback
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20.11.2024 UFI General Assembly reviews, approves a year’s progress across the board
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07.11.2024 Connect Marketplace Hong Kong 2025: “Your Bleisure, our Pleasure”
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29.10.2024 UFI introduces refreshed brand identity and logo
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16.10.2024 ASM Global appoints events expert to grow Middle East venues
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14.10.2024 IBTM in Barcelona is just around the corner
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09.10.2024 Exhibition World Bahrain achieves dual ISO certifications
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Thailand MICE One Stop Service
19.07.2024
Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and three alliance organisations jointly announced their aligned measures.
These measures will provide easier access to
Thailand for overseas MICE travelers under TCEB’s umbrella initiative “Thailand
MICE One Stop Service”.
The three alliance organisations are the Department of Consular Affairs, Airports of Thailand (AOT) Public Company Limited and Immigration Division 2. The announcement was made during the press conference TCEB held last week at the Hyatt Regency Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel.
Key measures for easier access to
Thailand are as follows:
· Visa for MICE
Ø MICE visitors
(Tourist visa-MICE): 60-day stay and can be extended for a period not exceeding 30 days
Ø MICE organisers
(Non-immigrant B): 90-day stay and can be extended for a maximum stay of 1 year
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New visa measures
Ø Visa exemption
expanded to 93
countries/territories from the previous 57 countries/territories with extended stay
from 30 to 60 days for
tourism, business engagements or urgent work/ad-hoc work
Ø Visa on arrival
with 15-day stay
applicable to 31 countries from
the previous 19
countries
Ø E-visa service is
provided at 48 Thai embassies
and consulates and is planned to cover all 94 Thai embassies and
consulates across the world by the end of this year
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Manpower at airport
Ø 330 more officers
ready to stand by at every checkpoint during peak hours
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Technology
Ø New automatic
passport control system or Automatic Channel, supported by AOT, will fasten
processing time from 2 persons to 4 persons per minute
Ø New immigration
technology system or TIS (Thailand Immigration System) along with APPS system
or Advance Passenger Processing will help identify persons more accurately and
faster and prevent entry of blacklisted persons
Ø AOT application
for travelers to download for transport services
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Cooperation for special lane
Ø AOT and
Immigration Division 2 will cooperate on a case-by-case basis with TCEB in
separating MICE groups from ordinary travelers and provide special lane for the
groups, accordingly.
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MICE Lane Service for VIP
Ø now operational
at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang Airports in Bangkok. TCEB will work with AOT and
Immigration in setting up MICE Lane at Phuket and Chiang Mai airports next year
and at Udon Thani airport by 2026 in preparation for International
Horticultural Expo Udon Thani 2026
The joint announcement is in response to the government’s policy to make Thailand a preferred destination of exhibitions and global festivals, thus, measures to facilitate entry of overseas travelers.
It is also in preparation for attendees and visitors at bid-won events to be held in a few years, for example, IDF Diabetes World Congress 2025 in Bangkok, IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meeting in 2026 in Bangkok, Global Sustainable Tourism Conference 2026 in Phuket and International Horticultural Expo 2026 in Udon Thani, concluded Mr. Chiruit, TCEB president.
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