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Thaksin Touts Golden Visa, Higher Travel Fees to Boost Thailand
- Thaksin Shinawatra proposed a golden visa scheme for wealthy foreigners to become long-term residents in Thailand, allowing 600,000 individuals to invest $1 million for residency rights, including property purchase rights and education funding for Thai citizens.
- He suggested that Airports of Thailand Plc increase passenger service fees by 300 baht to generate an additional 40 billion baht in annual profit, reflecting a significant hike from current fees.
- The Tourism Authority of Thailand forecasted that foreign tourist arrivals will drop to 35 million in 2025, with Chinese visitors significantly lower compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
- Thaksin emphasized that the golden visa scheme would drive GDP growth and urged AOT to enhance its role as an aviation hub, which he believes could substantially benefit Thailand's economy.
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Thaksin Touts Golden Visa, Higher Travel Fees to Boost Thailand
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested the country create a golden visa scheme for wealthy foreigners to become long-term residents and called on Airports of Thailand Pcl to hike passenger service fees to boost the sluggish economy.
Thaksin again lures foreigners with promise to buy Thai land outright
Thaksin senses an easy way for Thailand to make billions from ultra-rich foreigners. Ex premier Thaksin Shinawatra is once again floating that a new Golden Visa would bring the right for foreigners to own outright freehold land and property in Thailand. Speaking to a business conference in Bangkok, he projected that one million foreigners, each paying US$1 million or equivalent, would benefit the Thai treasury with 600 billion baht to unlock the…
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Thaksin plans to turn Thailand into a tech and aviation powerhouse
Thaksin plans to turn Thailand into a tech and aviation powerhouseLegacyThaksin Shinawatra is back in the spotlight—and he’s thinking big. The former PM has laid out an ambitious strategy to turn Thailand into a regional superhub for aviation, electric vehicles (EV), and green-powered data centres, in what he calls a “golden opportunity” for national transformation. In his recent public statement, Thaksin said Thailand is geographically primed t…
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