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Visitors are permitted to bring holiday hotel thailand in duty-free 200 cigarettes and one litre of wine or spirits. Strict restrictions apply against holiday hotel thailand the import of weapons, narcotics, pornography etc. Any amount of foreign exchange in travellers cheques holiday hotel thailand or drafts may be imported, but cash in excess of US$10,000 must be declared on holiday hotel thailand arrival. It is not permitted to import more than 2,000 Baht per person, nor export holiday hotel thailand more than 50,000 Baht per person in cash. Certificates of inoculation against cholera and yellow holiday hotel thailand fever are not required, unless arriving from an infected area. Some remote areas of Thailand holiday hotel thailand are still malarial, so visitors should take appropriate precautions. Bangkok has excellent medical facilities and holiday hotel thailand hospitals, with all hotels having doctors on 24-hour call. |
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