Good Morning Thailand EP.1091 | 60-day Visa Free Ends, Chinese smashes passport control gates, Ride-share apps one-month deadline

About this episode

The episode discusses Thailand's new visa policy, a viral incident at the airport, safety issues with ride-share apps, and various crime stories.

Today we'll be talking about Thailand's big policy shift limiting visa-free stay duration in order to attract more quality tourists, at Survanabhumi airport, a Chinese passenger has gone viral for smashing his way through automated passport control gates, near the Cambodian border, a British content creator claims Thai soldiers fired warning shots in his direction, then there are a couple of knife attack stories involving an unemployed boyfriend and some accidentally smashed baby chicks, and a little later, Thai ride-hailing apps have been given a month long deadline to improve their safety standards.

Topics covered

• visa policy
• passport control
• safety standards
• knife attacks
• tourism
• ride-share apps

Keywords

• Thailand
• visa-free stay
• passport control
• ride-hailing apps
• safety standards
• knife attack
• tourism

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Thai ride-hailing apps

Places: Thailand, Survanabhumi airport, Cambodian border

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