Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Weeding out the backpackers, visa runners and low-value tourists, I'd say. I think it will include U.S. citizens as a visa is defined as
A passport stamp is a visa.
Absolutely not. It doesn't matter what Merriam-Webster or Wikipedia defines a visa as....it's what is used in practice. A passport stamp is most definitely NOT a visa.
That's why you still get a passport stamp when entering Thailand on a
visa exempt entry, meaning you don't require a visa to enter.