In my news feed I noticed an item posted today from the International Medical Travel Journal about some new visa exemptions for medical tourists. The story says “The new regulations allow nationals from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, to stay in Thailand for medical treatment up to 90 days without a visa.” It also says that up to three people many acompany the patient and receive the same visa exemption.

That sounded familiar to me. In fact, I thought this already existed. So I searched a little and yes indeed, this “new” visa exemption was approved back in August of last year. There is a story about it in The Nation (link). That story says four relatives can travel with the patient and receive the same exemption.

So, not news. It’s been in place for a while. It will be interesting to see if the number of arrivals from those countries jumps.

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