After the cave rescue

[STEVE G]

What could possibly go wrong?:

Tham Luang cave set to welcome tourists to historic rescue site
https://thethaiger.com/news/national/th ... escue-site

[Big Boy]

At these prices, is anybody going to bother visiting?

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... parks-dept

[buksida]

Thats typical of Thailand to try and profit out of what could have been a disaster. I'm surprised they don't double-charge foreigners to visit tsunami monuments.

[joelle]

At these prices, is anybody going to bother visiting?

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... parks-dept

And of course a ridiculous dual pricing again and again!!

[Big Boy]

A shame they didn't consider safety before the kids got trapped, but of course, there was no money to be made out of safety back then.

[Big Boy]

Well, this article sort of justifies the high cost, but does nothing to account for the 550฿ Farang tax.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/entrance-f ... explained/

[Dannie Boy]

Well, this article sort of justifies the high cost, but does nothing to account for the 550฿ Farang tax.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/entrance-f ... explained/

I think you were a bit trigger happy with your 5’s it’s only B50 extra for foreigners!!


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[HHTel]

Where did you learn arithmetic? 950 baht for Thais, 1,500 baht for foreigners. I make that 550 baht or a 50% uplift from the Thai price.

[Dannie Boy]

Where did you learn arithmetic? 950 baht for Thais, 1,500 baht for foreigners. I make that 550 baht or a 50% uplift from the Thai price.

We must be reading different articles - the last one posted by BB included this,

“The admission fees, Bt950 for Thais and Bt1,000 for foreigners, to enter the world-famous Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province have been criticised as expensive, but are set for operational and safety reasons, according to Chutidet Kamonchanut, director of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation’s Chiang Rai office”


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[joelle]

In the thaipbsworld report it says 1000 baht for foreigners
In the Bangkok post it says 1500 baht
????

[Dannie Boy]

So all that proves is that we can both do maths!!


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[Big Boy]

Yes, I didn't see the 1,000฿ in PBS. I was, of course reacting to the Bangkok Post figure, which I would imagine is more accurate. I don't think I've ever encountered a Farang Tax of just 5%.

[hhinner]

Regular thaipbs (in Thai) has it at 1500 bt for foreigners. So all are now in agreement.

https://www.thaipbs.or.th/news/content/335017

Neither Thai nor farang price includes equipment rental. Whether there is dual pricing for this isn't reported. ‍