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Old Dec 6, 2017 | 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by TravelPenguin
We leave for BKK in three days and was just wondering since I read on a blog that if you don't arrive in BKK with at least 10,000THB you could be turned away at the airport. Is this true? Is this the new law? We are a family of four. We were thinking of changing about $800usd into THB since we don't require much cash. All of our hotels and tours have already been prepaid. Should we just go ahead and get THB here in the US or are we able to wait till we get to BKK airport? Seems most on here were talking about using their debit card to withdraw at an exchange at BKK being the best option. TIA!
The odds that you, as a tourist family of four, will be asked to produce cash upon arrival at BKK are slim to none, IMO. That rule is in place to deter indigent backpackers on visa runs, basically. (And even if you do, it's 20,000 THB per family or the equivalent in foreign currency....so your $800 USD will be just fine.)

I've flown in and out of BKK dozens of times and have never been asked to produce cash upon arrival nor has anyone I know.
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