they aren’t, what happens is a lot of the w⚓️ want to save 20 baht so instead of getting a SIM card at the airport and registering there passports , they buy them at
Electricity you can pay by Lazada with a credit card.
M pass is local bank only
Water for me is a bank transfer has to be a local bank cause it’s a bill. And if I’m not home when the bill comes it can get cut off.
But yeah your right you can 100% manage with out it but it’s a hell of a lot easier with one.
Save a lot of fees having an account,
To be honest I guess it depends on how far in bedded into Thailand, I have a car, motor bike., wife . Rent a condo ( had all this before i got my DTV) but obviously the DTV was a no brainer 5 years , 180 day stamps pretty good option
I’m gonna say it’s the fact that it rivals the elite visa both 5 years one is a 10th of the cost of the other.
I’d bet my left and right nuts that it’s because they would have seen a decline in elite visa sales in the past 12 months since the DTV had been available.
And yes Taksin has his finger in the elite visa pie to