{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"TTR Weekly","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site","author_name":"Andrew Wood","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/author\/andrew-wood\/","title":"Taxing tourism: A lesson we keep relearning - TTR Weekly","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aExvXAwBUU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2026\/05\/taxing-tourism-a-lesson-we-keep-relearning\/\">Taxing tourism: A lesson we keep relearning<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2026\/05\/taxing-tourism-a-lesson-we-keep-relearning\/embed\/#?secret=aExvXAwBUU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Taxing tourism: A lesson we keep relearning&#8221; &#8212; TTR Weekly\" data-secret=\"aExvXAwBUU\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-17-552x600.png","thumbnail_width":552,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"BANGKOK, 6 May 2026:&nbsp;Before we go too far down the road of new tourism taxes, it is worth pausing to ask a simple question. Are we really talking about something new, or are we revisiting an old idea that has already been tried, tested and, in many cases, quietly abandoned? Having spent more than four [&hellip;]"}