据泰国国家旅游局上海办透露，为了促进泰国旅游业发展，7月16日泰国方面举行会议决定，对中国大陆及台湾游客免除3个月签证费，此政策8月-10月执行。
据了解，经泰国方面一会决定，本次免签证费时间在8-10月，为期三个月。免签证费并不是“免签证”，而是免除签证费用，考虑到泰国各大国际机场办理落地签游客较多，为节省排队时间，若时间充裕建议可在国内先办好签证再出发。
早前，新华社援引泰国《民族报》消息称，泰国外交部次长西哈萨·庞吉缴披露，泰国方面将就给予中国游客免签政策进行研究。
中国目前是泰国第一大入境旅游客源国，对泰国旅游经济起到绝对性作用。优惠的签证政策能够吸引中国大陆及台湾地区旅客前往。
目前，中国游客赴泰国旅游可采取落地签的方式，也可以提前办理签证。
BANGKOK, 16 July 2014 (NNT) -The President of the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT), Piyaman Techapaiboon announced at the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) daily press conference at Government House today that Chinese and Taiwanese tourists wanting to come to Thailand for a vacation are exempted from a visa application fee during the three months August to October 2014.
Ms. Piyaman said the special three month period is to thank the Chinese people for greatly supporting the Thai tourism industry which has resulted in high growth in the tourism sector. During the cost free visa period, schools in China are having their break, and it’s a great traveling time for them.
Ms. Piyaman said that the number of tourists coming to Thailand this year is expected to be similar to last year which reached 28.6 million.
Lastly, Ms. Piyaman thanked the NCPO for being able to solve many of the country’s prolonged problems, along with realigning public transportation such as buses and vans which in turn is bringing foreign tourists back to the country having regained their trust in regard to safety.