{
  "id": 14054056,
  "title": "Travel agents association attacks outbound tax proposal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/travel-agents-association-attacks-outbound-tax-proposal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T21:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post",
    "slug": "bangkok-post",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3336059/travel-agents-association-attacks-outbound-tax-proposal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More tourism-related businesses have slammed the proposed 1,000-baht outbound tax, which could be raised to a maximum of 5,000 baht, saying it would have a huge impact on the fragile tourism industry and exacerbate the unfair value-added tax (VAT) burden on outbound tourism operators despite their costs being incurred outside Thailand.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Bangkok Post Business",
        "title": "Travel agents association attacks outbound tax proposal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/travel-agents-association-attacks-outbound-tax-proposal-14057430",
        "published": "2026-10-12T21:49:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}