Temat: Tajlandia - nizsze oplaty dla turystow w parkach narodowych

The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department obizyl wysokosc oplat wejsciowych dla turystow w wiekszosci parkow narodowych. Jako ze turysci na ogol odwiedzaja je podczas trekkingow, wykupionych na miejscu wycieczek, takze i te powinny teoretycznie lekko staniec.

Pelny tekst z Bangkok Post
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?i...

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National park fees reduced for foreigners

The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has cut the entrance fees for foreigners to national parks countrywide in a bid to lure more overseas tourists.

The reduction came after the department received a number of complaints from foreign visitors that the fees are too high, compared with the poor facilities for tourists at the parks.

Effective from Dec 1, entrance fees for adult foreigners have been cut from 400 to 200 baht for the most popular parks, and by 75% for the less popular ones, according to the department.

Among the most popular sites where the fees were cut by half for foreigners include the marine national parks of Mu Koh Lanta National in Krabi, Mu Koh Chang in Trat, Mu Koh Angthong in Surat Thani and Mu Koh Tarutao in Satun.

The entrance fees for the top national parks in the North and Northeast such as Doi Suthep-Pui and Doi Inthanont in Chiang Mai, Jae Son in Lampang, Khao Phra Viharn in Si Sa Ket and KhaoYai in Nakhon Ratchasima have also been cut by half.

The entrance fee for the famous Mu Koh Surin and Mu Koh Similan in the tsunami-hit Phangnga province is still set at 200 baht for children and 400 baht for adult foreigners.

To lure more tourists to lesser-known national parks, such as Khao Lak-Ramru in Phangnga and Tap Lan in Prachin Buri, the rate for foreigners has been cut from 400 to 100 baht for adults and from 200 to 50 baht for children.

Department chief Chalermsak Wanichsombat said the fee adjustment was aimed at promoting tourism.

While foreigners enjoyed a sharp reduction in national park entrance fees, locals will be charged more at some popular sites.

For example, the entrance fee for Thai tourists visiting Doi Suthep-Pui, Huay Nam Dang and Ob Luang in Chiang Mai and Tung Saleang Luang in Phitsanulok has been increased from 20 to 40 baht for adults and from 10 to 20 baht for children.

The higher fees give the department a bigger budget to maintain the parks, said Mr Chalermsak.

Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a leading marine biologist at Kasetsart University, said lowering the entrance fees would only benefit tour operators.

Foreign tourists mostly buy a package tour from local operators which includes the park fees. So the new rates are unlikely to lure more foreign tourists to the national parks, he said.

Temat: Tajlandia - nizsze oplaty dla turystow w parkach narodowych

nieoficjalne tlumaczenie z tajskiego:

Below is an announcement from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants, dated 22 November 2007, detailing a new pricing schedule for entrance fees to national parks.

Summary:

The pricing scale has been determined according to the estimated tourism potential, natural beauty, impact sensitivity, availability of public amenities and state of infrastructure for each individual national park.

The parks are now classified as belong into 1 of 4 entrance fee groups.

Group 1 charges 400 baht for foreign adults, 200 baht for foreign children, 80 baht for Thai adults and 40 baht for Thai children.

Group 2 charges 200 baht for foreign adults, 100 baht for foreign children, 40 baht for Thai adults, and 20 baht for Thai children.

Group 3 charges 100 baht for foreign adults, 50 baht for foreign children, 20 baht for Thai adults, 10 baht for Thai children.

Group 4 is everywhere else than those places belonging to 1, 2 and 3, and is completely free for everyone.

Once the entrance fee to a national park has been paid, it is valid for one day. If a person visits more than one national park on one and the same day, they will not be charged twice, provided they can show the ticket from the previous place of visit.

However, if the fee for the second place visited is higher than the first, the difference between the higher and the lower fee has to be paid at the second location. (I.e. if one visits a park which is 200 baht, and later that day goes to a park which is 400 baht, one will have to pay an additional 200 baht at the second location. If the fee at the second location is 200 baht or lower, no additional fee will be required.)

(As far as I have been able to make out, this document does not explain the situation for tourists who go to Koh Chang and stay, whether they will be required to pay each day, or just once for the entire trip.)

The announcement makes only one distinction: ชาวไทย 'chaaw thai' (Thais) and ชาวต่างประเทศ 'chaaw dtaang bpratheed' (foreigners). There is no discussion of foreigners who are long term residents, exchange students, holders of Thai work permits or hold Permanent Residency in Thailand.

HERE FOLLOWS THE LIST OF LOCATIONS, ACCORDING TO GROUP

GROUP 1.
[My note: These parks belong to Group 1 - the most expensive group]

- Koh Surin Islands, Phang Nga province [ENTIRE AREA]
- Koh Similan Islands, Phang Nga province [ENTIRE AREA]
- Doi Pha Hom Pok (Mae Fang), Chiang Rai province [The area near the summit of Doi Pha Hom Pok]
- Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai province [Starting from Checkpoint 2 (km. 37) on Jom Thong Rd. up until the summit of Doi Inthanon]
- Thung Salaeng Luang, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun provinces [The Thung Nang Phaya and Thung Non Son area]
- Phu Kradueng, Loei province [Starting from the Sri Than checkpoint until the summit of Doi Kradueng]
- Khao Yai, Prachinburi / Saraburi / Nakhon Ratchasima / Nakhon Nayok provinces [Starting from the Noen Hom checkpoint until the San Jao Pho checkpoint]
- Koh Lanta Islands, Krabi province (all islands, e.g. Koh Ngai, Koh Rok, Koh Tukonlima, Kong Hin Daeng etc.)
- Had Nopparattara / Phi Phi Islands, Krabi province (all islands, e.g. Phi Phi Leh, Koh Mai Phai, Koh Yuung, Koh Pida, Koh Poda

For group 1, only the areas specified above require payment of the highest fee (400 baht for foreign adults). Other areas of the same parks are 200 baht for foreign adults.

GROUP 2.
[My note: These parks belong to Group 2 - the next most expensive group (200 baht for foreign adults)]

Northern Thailand
- Doi Suthep / Pui, Chiang Mai province
- Huay Nam Dang, Chiang Mai province
- Ob Luang, Chiang Mai province
- Chae Son, Lampang province
- Wiang Kosay, Phrae and Lampang provinces
- Mae Surin waterfall, Mae Hong Son province
- Chat Trakan waterfall, Phitsanulok province
- Phu Hin Rong Klao (Rong Klao rock), Phitsanulok and Loei provinces
- Nam Nao, Phetchabun and Chaiyaphum provinces
- Mae Jarim, Nan province
- Doi Phu Kha, Nan province
- Sri Sachanalay, Sukhothai province
- Lan Sang, Tak province
- Taksin Maharat, Tak province
- Mae Wong, Kamphaengphet and Tak provinces
- Khlong Wang Jao, Kamphaengphet and Tak provinces
- Khlong Lan, Kamphaengphet province

North-Eastern Thailand
- Pha Taem, Ubon Ratchathani province
- Phu Jong Na Yoy, Ubon Ratchathani province
- Khao Phra Wihan, Srisaket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces
- Phu Ruea, Loei province
- Phu Wiang, Khonkaen province
- Tat Don, Chaiyaphum province
- Sai Thong, Chaiyaphum province

Central Thailand
- Sri Nakharin Reservoir, Kanchanaburi province
- Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi province
- Erawan, Kanchanaburi province
- Chaloem Rattanakosin, Kanchanaburi province
- Kaeng Krachan, Phetburi and Prachuab Kirikhan provinces
- Khao Laem, Kanchanaburi province

Eastern Thailand
- Khao Khichanakut, Chanthaburi province
- Khao Chamao - Khao Wong, Rayong and Chanthaburi provinces
- Khao Laem Ya - Koh Samet Islands ...and Rayong province [there may be something missing in the original doc here]
- Phliw Waterfall, Chanthaburi province
- Koh Chang Islands, Trat province
- Pang Sida, Sakaew and Prachinburi provinces

Southern Thailand
- Kuiburi, Prachuab Kirikhan province
- Khao Sam Roi Yod, Prachuab Kirikhan province
- Koh Chumpon Islands, Chumpon province
- Laem Son, Ranong and Phang Nga provinces
- Ao Phang Nga, Phang Nga province
- Koh Ang Thong Islands, Surat Thani province
- Khao Sok, Surat Thani province
- Tai Rom Yen, Surat Thani province
- Yong waterfall, Nakhon Sri Thammarat province
- Khao Luang, Nakhon Sri Thammarat province
- Sirinat, Phuket province
- Jao Mai beach, Trang province
- Than Bok Kharani, Krabi province
- Thaleh Ban, Satun province
- Tarutao, Satun province

GROUP 3.
[My note: These parks belong to group 3, the next cheapest group. (100 baht for foreign adults).]

Northern Thailand
- Doi Luang, Chiang Rai, Phayao and Lampang provinces
- Phu Chang, Chiang Rai and Phayao provinces
- Khunchae, Chiang Rai province
- Pha Daeng, Chiang Mai province
- Sri Lanna, Chiang Mai province
- Salawin, Mae Hong Son province
- Mae Ping, Chiang Mai and Lamphun and Tak provinces
- Doi Khun Tan, Lamphun and Lampang provinces
- Mae Wa, Lampang and Tak provinces
- Mae Moei, Tak province
- Mae Yom, Phrae and Lampang provinces
- Ramkhamhaeng, Sukhothai province
- Srinan, Nan province
- Doi Phaklong, Phrae province
- Lam Nam Nan, Phrae and Utaradit provinces
- Khlong Tron, Utaradit province
- Tak Mok, Phetchabun province

North-Eastern Thailand
- Kaeng Tana, Ubon Ratchathani province
- Phu Sa Dok Bua, Mukdahan and Yasothon and Amnad Charoen provinces
- Phu Pha Thia, Mukdahan province
- Phu Phayon, Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom and Mukdahan provinces
- Phu Kao - Phu Phankham, Udon Thani and Khonkaen and Nong Bualamphu provinces
- Nam Phong, Khonkaen and Chaiyaphum provinces
- Phu Pha Man, Loei and Khonkaen provinces
- Phu Phan, Sakon Nakhon and Kalasin provinces
- Phu Laen Kha, Chaiyaphum province
- Pa Hin Ngam, Loei province
- Thab Lan, Prachinburi and Nakhon Rachasima provinces
- Ta Phra Ya, Sakaew and Buriram provinces

Central Thailand
- Sam Lan waterfall, Saraburi province
- Phu Toey, Suphanburi province

Southern Thailand
- Huay Yang waterfall, Prachuab Kirikhan province
- Wonkon beach, Prachuab Kirikhan province
- Ngao waterfall, Ranong and Chumphon provinces
- Lan Nam Kraburi, Ranong province
- Kaeng Krung, Surat Thani province
- Khlong Phanom, Surat Thani province
- Si Khit waterfall, Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Surat Thani provinces
- Budo-Sungaibadi, Narathiwat and Pattani and Yala provinces
- Khao Pu - Khao Ya, Phattalung and Trang and Nakhon Sri Thammarat provinces
- Khao Lam Pi - Thai Mueang beach, Phang Nga province
- Khao Lak - Lam Ru, Phang Nga province
- Sri Phang Nga, Phang Nga province
- Khao Phanom Bencha, Krabi province
- Khao Nam Khang, Songkhla province
- Koh Phetra Islands, Satun and Trang provinces
- Bang Lang, Yala province

Notes:
1. Persons below 3 years old are exempt from fees.
2. 'Children' refer to persons aged 3-14 years old.
3. Thai primary, Elementary, Secondary school and University students in uniform or carrying valid proof of study will be charged at the same rate as children.
4. The service charge for individuals is to be applied to tourists who spend a maximum of 5 days in any single national park.
5. Monks and novices are exempt from all charges.
6. Elderly Thais aged over 60 are exempt from charges.
7. Tourists who spend the entrance fee at one national park may use their ticket to enter other national park locations with the same or lower rate on the same day.
8. If tourists need to enter other national park locations with a higher entrance fee on the same day, they are required to pay the difference between the higher and the lower fee

Temat: Tajlandia - nizsze oplaty dla turystow w parkach narodowych

dla kogo niższe dla tego niższe
dla nurków są wyższe, bo wprowadzono nową opłatę za wstęp na Suriny (do których należy Richelieu Rock) - a Similany bez RR są jak Kraków bez Wawelu :-)
Więc teraz za 4 dni safari płacimy nie 1200B a 1600B wstępu od osoby nurkującej