Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
formation about customs regulations. Thailand allows the follow items to enter duty free:
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reasonable amount of personal effects (clothing and toiletries)
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professional instruments
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200 cigarettes
»
1L of wine or spirits
Thailand prohibits the import of the following items:
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firearms and ammunition (unless registered in advance with the police department)
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illegal drugs
»
pornographic media
When leaving Thailand, you must obtain an export licence for any antiques, reproduc-
tions or newly cast Buddha images (except personal amulets). Submit two front-view pho-
tos of the object(s), a photocopy of your passport, along with the purchase receipt and the
object(s) in question, to the
Department of Fine Arts
( 0 2628 5032)
. Allow four days for the
application and inspection process to be completed.
EMBASSIES & CONSULATES
Foreign embassies are in Bangkok; some nations also have consulates in Chiang Mai, as
indicated below.
Australian Embassy
( 0 2344 6300;
www.thailand.embassy.gov.au/bkok/home.html
; 37 Th Sathon Tai
(South), Bangkok;
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri;
Lumphini exit 2)
Cambodian Embassy
( 0 2957 5851; 518/4 Th Pracha Uthit/Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39, Bangkok;
9am-noon Mon-Fri;
Phra Ram 9 exit 3 & taxi)
Canadian Embassy
( 0 2646 4300;
www.canadainternational.gc.ca
; 15th fl, Abdulrahim Pl, 990 Th
Phra Ram IV, Bangkok;
7.30am-12.15pm & 1-4.15pm Mon-Thu, to 1pm Fri;
Si Lom exit 2,
Sala Daeng exit 4)
Canadian Consulate
( 0 5385 0147; 151 Superhighway, Tambon Tahsala, Chiang Mai)
Chinese Embassy
( 0 2245 7044;
www.fmprc.gov.cn
;
57 Th Ratchadaphisek, Bangkok)
Chinese Consulate
( 0 5327 6125;
chiangmai.chineseconsulate.org
;
111 Th Chang Lor, Tambon Haiya,
Chiang Mai)
French Embassy
( 0 2657 5100;
www.ambafrance-th.org
;
35 Soi 36, Th Charoen Krung, Bangkok;
8.30am-noon Mon-Fri;
Tha Oriental)
French Consulate
( 0 5328 1466; 138 Th Charoen Prathet, Chiang Mai)
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