What are the risks of multiple short visits to Thailand with regard to entry denial?

Barry Waters Enter only twice a year? I have been to Thai 110 times since 1999, some years entering 15 times. Short tourist stays, never consumed (then) 30 days visa exemption.

I am now on Non O 1 year visa extension, living with Thai family in Japan and going to the Thai boredom (Bangkok) for 6 months a year to avoid Japanese summer and winter, 2 x 3 months.

Simon Adams well I don’t state stuff that I have no expertise in I go get advice from industry experts not an opinionated know it all like you but in reality knows nothing.

Let’s hope someone reports you to tourist police for investigation providing opinions which Thais nationals can do that only relating to government infrastructure.

But you know it all so who cares not us.

Zola Budd you soon buggered back off to South Africa though, after you used us, didn't you, ya bitch 🤣

Dianne Lee There is no fixed number of trips that defines "normal tourism". Immigration tends to look at the overall pattern, particularly cumulative stay. Someone entering very frequently for just a few days at a time can sometimes raise different questions, for example whether they are working or managing something locally. In the example discussed here, however, the pattern is two short visits of around 10 days and possibly a few similar trips later in the year. That is still a very normal tourism pattern. There are even examples of people making 12–15 weekend trips a year from Singapore without any issues. Ultimately immigration tends to focus more on cumulative stay rather than the number of entries. And in any case, the final decision is always made by the immigration officer at the point of entry.

Jan Kenneth Nesland I remember a Singaporean woman posting that she was travelling to Thailand frequently to vist her Thai boyfriend just for a weekend or 3-4 days at a time. She was pulled up for that and denied entry. I guess an immigration officer might think that someone is running a business in Thailand and returning regularly to check on it. Who knows what they determine as a normal tourist pattern. One trip a year? Two trips a year?