Thailand wants high quality tourists who are high earners and big spenders

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Thailand wants to attract high quality tourists."the wealthy global citizen, the work-from-Thailand professional, and the high-skilled professional" — do you think they will create a visa for remote work and digital nomads?

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I hope so, however you can always start a company there and promise to hire Thai. As a foreigner who has not had a company for the last x years (7 I think) in Thailand, you get tax breaks (which are very generous; it amounts to paying nothing) and a visa for you and your family for 7 year or until the company dies (whichever is sooner). I have a handful of mates who did this and it works well. Mostly around Chiangmai where it seems IT and nomand friendly.

Influencers can unfortunately formalize their channels into business entities and Thailand knows this so I’d imagine there would be filters for which category of careers would be allowed if they offered remote work as a legal option.

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