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‘Steep’ cave entry fee goes to ensuring visitor safety: Parks dept

People visit Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai on Friday. (Photo: Apinya Wipatayotin)

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has defended what has been criticised as a “steep” fee charged to visitors entering the deeper chambers of the world-famous Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai.

The fee, at 950 per Thai citizen and 1,500 baht per foreign visitor accessing Chambers 2 and 3 of the cave, has been imposed since the opening on Friday of…

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