The Thai government is being asked to create new incentives that will promote the development of amusement and theme parks in the country, reports indicate.

"Thailand has set a lofty plan to boost tourism income to THB2tn ($64.2bn) by 2015," Suwat Sidthilaw, the country's tourism and sports secretary, told the Bangkok Post.

"The government needs to improve in many areas including support for tourism-related facilities, easing visa extensions for long-stay visitors and better safety measures."

Thailand's Board of Investment now offers tax privileges to amusement park start-ups that invest more than THB500m ($16m).

The privileges include import tariff waivers for machinery and a corporate tax exemption for five years in Greater Bangkok, seven years in 12 other large provinces and eight years in remote, low-income areas.