Staff writer, with CNAStarting next month, individual travelers from Taiwan visiting Thailand would be required to provide financial details to obtain a visitor’s visa, local travel agencies said yesterday. The office said that it would cease to accept walk-in visa applications without an online appointment. Local travel operators yesterday confirmed that starting next month, applicants would also need to provide bank details for the prior three months as proof that they can cover their travel expenses. Taipei-based Cola Tour said that the requirement is limited to individual travelers and that members of tour groups would only have to provide a letter of guarantee from their place of work or travel operator. The number of Taiwanese who visited Thailand in the first 10 months of this year totaled 700,356, a 23.96 percent increase from the same period last year, Tourism Bureau data showed.
