Thailand to start permitting an extended length of stay for international tourists between October and March to support its economic recovery.

Travellers from 18 territories visiting Thailand under the category of visa-on-arrival (VOA) will now be allowed to double their length of stay for up to 30 days. Also, those from 50 places that are allowed to stay current for 30 days, will now be able to stay for up to 45 days.

As per recent reports, Thailand earned 176.3 billion baht ($4.9 billion) in revenue from 3.78 million foreign arrivals between January to Mid of Aug 2022, which jumped 3,214% from the same period last year.

Thailand is hopeful that a rise in tourist arrivals will further help boost its economic growth this year although the pace will likely be the lowest in the Southeast Asia region.

Earlier this month, a government spokesman elaborated that the nation expects to attract 10 million international tourists this year, as compared to the 6.1 million forecasted in April. And if everything goes well, the number of visitors is expected to rise to 30 million people next year, which will still be slightly less than those who travelled to the country in the year before COVID spread.