Planning a Thailand trip from India
What Indian travellers need for Thailand: the visa-free stay and the arrival card, the flight, the best months, and a 5-day route through Phuket and Krabi.
The short answer
- Visa for an Indian passport
- Visa-free for tourism, for stays of up to 30 days (cut from 60 days for arrivals from 15 September 2026). Every traveller must also file the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) online, at no charge, within 3 days before arriving.Checked 9 October 2026
- Best time to go
- November to April
- Flight from Delhi
- About 4h 30m direct to Phuket
- Flight from Mumbai
- About 4h 30m direct to Phuket
- Our route
- 5 days, 4 nights in Phuket & Krabi
- Currency
- Thai Baht (THB). Hotels, malls and most restaurants take cards; keep some baht in cash for markets, small shops and the piers.
- Getting by in English
- Thai is the local language. English is used in hotels, on the tour boats and across the tourist areas of Phuket and Ao Nang.
The route, day by day
- Day 1Arrival in Phuket & a Slow First Evening
- Day 2Phi Phi Islands by Speedboat
- Day 3Phuket City Tour, then on to Krabi
- Day 4Krabi 4 Islands by Speedboat
- Day 5Free Morning & Departure
What it costs
Our costed Thailand package follows this route. Its price, with what it covers, what it does not and the date it holds to, is kept on one page, so the figure is never read without its basis.
Flights are the part it leaves out; they move with your dates and the city you fly from, so the desk quotes them. SeeThailand trip cost from India.
Get a quote on WhatsAppQuestions Indian travellers ask
What currency should you carry to Thailand from India?
Thai Baht (THB). Hotels, malls and most restaurants take cards; keep some baht in cash for markets, small shops and the piers.
Do you need to speak Thai to travel in Thailand?
Thai is the local language. English is used in hotels, on the tour boats and across the tourist areas of Phuket and Ao Nang.
How much does a Thailand trip cost from India?
Travelasan's costed Thailand package follows this route. Its price, what it covers, what it does not and the date it holds to are at https://travelasan.com/thailand-trip-cost-from-india. Flights are extra and depend on the Indian city you fly from and your dates, so the desk quotes them on WhatsApp.