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We haven't paid yet. But there have been talks about 30-50,000 baht for each license. (I have two, for some reason. Maybe include dancing, I am not sure.)
The only reason I can see they ask for 150,000 baht is that you are located outside the entertainment zone, and should technically not be allowed to have one. (If the zones they created 2 years ago still are valid). The reason to have zones was to prevent bars and karaokes to open in residential areas or pop up everywhere.
Two years ago the Entertainment Zone in Patong was Bangla, Sawatdirak and the beach road and Rat-u-thit between Bangla/Sawatdirak and covered 100m from the street.
The only exception for bars outside the zones are those who registered when this new scheme was introduced last year (Applied before 12 Feb 2004 If I remember right)
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