Tourism promotion eyed at meeting Wednesday
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THE FINANCE MINISTRY will finalise measures to promote tourism as a prop for the domestic economy at a meeting of its agencies Wednesday.
Prasong Poontaneat, director-general of the Revenue Department, said Tuesday that the department would propose the extension of tax deductions for travel-related spending for two more years. The tax break had expired last year.
The aim is to encourage Thais to travel more inside the country, which could give the local economy a welcome boost. Spending of up to Bt15,000 per year on travel can be deducted from personal income taxes.
Kulit Sombatsiri, director-general of the Customs Department, said it would propose to increase the number of pick-up points for duty-free goods at the meeting, which will be chaired by Finance permanent secretary Somchai Sujjapongse.
