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HUA HIN • CHA-AM • PRANBURI
ISSUE 241 • AUGUST 2022
THAILAND TO OFFER LAND OWNERSHIP AND 10 YEAR VISAS IN BID TO LURE WEALTHY FOREIGNERS
Thailand among the top 10 countries for expats…p.6
Hua Hin - Cha Am Golf Festival returns this month…p.13
Thailand is about to embark on a series of incentives boonkongchana confirmed plans to relax Thailand’s aimed at attracting as many as one million high spend- rules on land ownership for foreigners. ing foreigners to live and invest in the country. While the move is still subject to Cabinet approval, The proposals would see foreigners allowed to own up the Land Department has already started to draft the to one rai of land for residential use, providing they regulations that would permit foreigners to own land. can invest 40 million baht (approximately US$1 million) The regulations are expected to be ready by Septemin either property, securities or infrastructure funds. ber, Mr Thanakorn added. Up until now, foreigners had been prohibited from The offer of land ownership coincides with the launch owning land in Thailand. of a new 10 year visa. However, government spokesperson Thanakorn Wang- .....p.2
The expat photographer telling the stories of abandoned sites in Thailand…p.14
Why you must visit the Pran Por Piang Organic Farm…p.28
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