The Government of Thailand announced last Friday a list of 93 countries that, starting this Monday, July 15th, are exempt from visa requirements to travel to the Asian country, including Cubans.
The signing of the new document, which expands the number of visa-free countries to visit Thailand from 57 to 93, was carried out by the Prime Minister of the Asian nation, Srettha Thavisin.
The ruler pointed out that visitors embraced by the plan could stay in the country for up to 60 days and he hoped that the plan would be implemented smoothly.
The Thai Ministry of the Interior also ratified the new regulations on its Facebook page.
From that perspective, they suggested that the measure "seeks to encourage tourism that has not yet recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic."
"The immigration police and security authorities have implemented effective measures and they are being applied correctly," affirmed the Thai Prime Minister.
The list also includes other countries in the region such as Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Panama, Guatemala, and Ecuador, which join Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru, according to the Efe news agency.
The measure is announced a few days after the migration authorities of Panama announced the suspension of Stamped Visas for foreign nationals of Cuban nationality, arguing "vulnerabilities" in the computer system used.
The official statement from the entity indicates that the measure will be extended at least for the remainder of July, during which the process through which Cubans usually requested appointments in order to obtain that type of visa will be disabled.
Up to now, Cubans needed a visa in 2024 to visit 149 countries and had free access to only 28 destinations. With Thailand's measure, the number of countries that nationals of the island can travel to visa-free increases to 30, as Iran did the same procedure last February.
The regime of that country exempted 28 nations from that requirement in order to boost tourism, including Cuba.
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