The Nation (Thailand)
Thailand and Cambodia will sign a single visa agreement on Monday enabling visitors from outside to use only one visa for two countries, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram would sign the agreement with this Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong when he makes his official visit to Phnom Penh on Monday.
The pact was a pilot project under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS).
Set up since 2003, ACMECS is a joint development scheme made of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
Under the initiative of "Four countries, One Destination", the ACMECS Single Visa pact aimed to facilitate tourism in the region.
Foreign ministers of four countries agreed in Siem Riep in August 2005 to allow Thailand and Cambodia to implement the scheme first and the remaining members might join later if it is successful.
Visitors from outside could apply entry visa at embassies of either Thailand or Cambodia for two nations, said the ministry's spokesman Tharit Charungvat.
The arrangement would benefit for tourism of the two countries and visits apply only one visa to both Thailand and Cambodia which have many different attractive sites, he said.
However, the pact would not come into force until the Interior Ministry and concern agencies issued related regulations to enforce, Tharit said but did not say when such related regulations would be finished.
Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram would sign the agreement with this Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong when he makes his official visit to Phnom Penh on Monday.
The pact was a pilot project under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS).
Set up since 2003, ACMECS is a joint development scheme made of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
Under the initiative of "Four countries, One Destination", the ACMECS Single Visa pact aimed to facilitate tourism in the region.
Foreign ministers of four countries agreed in Siem Riep in August 2005 to allow Thailand and Cambodia to implement the scheme first and the remaining members might join later if it is successful.
Visitors from outside could apply entry visa at embassies of either Thailand or Cambodia for two nations, said the ministry's spokesman Tharit Charungvat.
The arrangement would benefit for tourism of the two countries and visits apply only one visa to both Thailand and Cambodia which have many different attractive sites, he said.
However, the pact would not come into force until the Interior Ministry and concern agencies issued related regulations to enforce, Tharit said but did not say when such related regulations would be finished.
10 comments:
Oh please! Is there any uniqueness being Khmer anymore?
The foolish Hun Xen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1The foolish Hor Namhong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ah young Youns Hanoi!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are very crazy Ah Hun Xen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the money from the visa gets equal share from both country?????????
How it comes? will Khmer can get same benefit from this schem project? I don't think it is kinda promotion of tourist in our beloved country besides Siam, the only one who get over ours profit. Outsiders just apply for Siam visa, so they can also come to see our wonderful temples. Oh, stupid idea of this? Let's think again!!!!!!!!
Really stupid idea, how can be? Think again, we never got equal from Siem...........even now, when Cambodian apply visa, they are so strick with us..........and when they come to us, so easily.......why not improve this situation but you did the rubish thing. Did you put Siem head on???????????????
Finally someone is doing something right, To make it easier for tourists in Thailand to come to Cambodia to spend their money. This is good for all Cambodian people and if you dont believe it ,wait till the next tourist season before you condem the idea.
I support this idea. but some how the tourists got to realize the important of Cambodia as well as the value should be equally shared..
some tourists dont appreciate Cambodia at all, they only come for their unbalanced benifits. We got to produce overall image that Cambodia is as same value as Thailand(not to mention Angkor..of cuz that's one of the world greatest). and I hope we are getting there.
Well, we are not looking for 100% tourists approval, just 95% will do.
Thailand will get the lion's share for this joint business. As tourists appear to know and visit Thailand more than Cambodia--and most usually come to the former first before actually entering the latter if they decide to visit the latter--I believe it'd be better for the latter not to join this visa deal at this moment and wait until it has improved infrastructure to attract tourism. Our tourism is culturally unique whereas Thai's is more of sex industry. They always seek to benefit from us in every way!!!
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