TTR Weekly reported that fees for Thais to visit most parks will rise from B40 to B100 for Thais.
For foreigners, the rise for most will be from B200 to B500, others will rise from B400 to B500.
TTR Weekly quoted the managing director of Nutty Adventures and Ayutthaya Boat and Travel, Nithi Subhongsang, as saying that the announcement had come as a shock and would have a horrible impact on inbound tour operators because contracted prices are signed for the entire year and the ones for next year are effective until October 2013.
The parks department claims the top national parks are suffering from too many tourists and the new fees will be a deterrent to help fight deterioration of a sensitive environment. Also, the department says, it will use the additional revenue to improve facilities to better serve tourists .
Park fees were last raised five years ago, also at short notice, causing a storm among mass operators.
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