Departure tax

How much is the departure tax? When do you pay for this? Alongwith your ticket or at the airport?

Departure tax

Hi my guess is that you are talking about departure tax when you are leaving bangkok.

Departure tax is paid at the airport when you depart.

It used to be 500 Bat but I heard that it has increased to 700. Not too sure about the increase.

Departure tax

The current situtation is:-

International departure tax is 500 Baht. Paid in Thai Baht.

It is paid at the airport BEFORE you go through immigratation, there are kiosk with big notices in the Departure Hall.

Domestic currently is included in the ticket.

BUT TIT next year (March) it is reported that it will go up to 700 Baht international and I believe 50 Domestic Both to be collected at the airport.

It is also reported that the Taxi Tax will also increase to 100 Baht at the same time.

Hope this clears it for you

so am i safe to say that it will still be 500 till the end of the year?

spear

You should be ok till the end of the year but TIT.

The projected date of increase was March 07 but I%26#39;ve not seen anything since the initial news release

International departure tax is 700thb from 1st February 2007. Thai Airways have included it in their ticket price if flight booked after 1st November 2006. Others may follow suite. If not included you pay in cash prior to deparure as you do the 500thb now.

Up to 31st. Jan 2007 Thailand Airport Tax for International destinations is payable to the Airport Authorities in Thailand upon departure. (500 Baht).

International departures from 01st. Feb. 2007 onwards, the Airport Tax will be included in the Total Amount Due payable when a booking is made via any of our booking channels. (700 Baht).

Bookings made as of 4th. September 2006 for 01st. Feb. 2007 onward travel, the Airport Tax has been included in the Total Amount Due.

There are no changes for the payment and collection for domestic departure as the Airport Tax has always been included in the Total Amount Due.

Thanks mosegrisen

It seems that my memory is only so so as I couldn%26#39;t find the origonal report.

I am sure all airlines will do it but as I always say TIT.

Thanks everyone.. since we travel back on 1st jan 07, i am assuming we would pay 500 baht each and though we re travelling thai airways it might not be included in the air fare yet...