Catalog only
Stores, retail, and shopping
Revenue Department VAT Refund for Tourist shops.
Best official layer for stores approved to sell under the VAT Refund for Tourist scheme. Pair with Revenue Department VRT rules, P.P.10 requirements, and store-level POI/hours enrichment.
Public
Revenue Department CSV/catalog dataset and VRT store/navigation systems for approved VAT Refund for Tourist shop operators and establishment addresses
Free public CSV/catalog access under Open Data Common where listed
Monthly according to catalog metadata; VRT public pages/app surfaces on change
2026-05-11
Public web, file, catalog, or documented endpoint access with no paid gate implied in the source profile.
page reference only
store/place ID, name, Thai/English aliases, brand, operator, legal entity, DBD number, RD VAT/VRT flag, regulated license, category, format, address, floor/unit, lat/lon, opening hours, phone, website, products, GTIN, price, inventory status, reviews, rating, photos, source ID
High for official context; validate endpoint availability before automation.
Runtime truth
Catalog only
Not yet
No runtime entity scope yet.
No live observation ingestion yet.
Not wired into active decisions yet.
Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.
How this helps travel recommendations
Turns shopping and essentials planning into source-backed confidence: where the store is, whether it is open, whether the business/license/tax status can be validated, whether products or prices are official context or private inventory, and which source can actually prove the claim.
Endpoint and API notes
Best official layer for stores approved to sell under the VAT Refund for Tourist scheme. Pair with Revenue Department VRT rules, P.P.10 requirements, and store-level POI/hours enrichment.
Open the source endpoint or documentation. Return to the Thailand data atlas.
Developer reference
Use OSM as the free shop POI spine, Google/Longdo/NOSTRA/Foursquare for licensed POI and hours enrichment, brand locators for chain branches, DBD/RD for legal and tax identity, FDA/Excise/OTOP/Thong Fah/ETDA for regulated and special store types, DIT/MOC/BOT/TPSO for price context, GS1 for products, and marketplace APIs only with seller/partner authorization.
Check weekly for change detection, but treat the official publication period as the real cadence.
Turns shopping and essentials planning into source-backed confidence: where the store is, whether it is open, whether the business/license/tax status can be validated, whether products or prices are official context or private inventory, and which source can actually prove the claim.
OSM/Overpass, Google Places, Longdo, NOSTRA, Foursquare, brand locators, mall directories, Open DBD, GDX/DBD, Revenue Department VAT/VRT datasets, ETDA, Thai FDA, Excise, DIT/MOC, TPSO/BTEI, BOT, GS1 Thailand, OTOP, Thong Fah, Shopee, Lazada, LINE MAN/Wongnai, and retailer/chain partner feeds.
Example request
# Source landing/download page; inspect linked resources before automation.
curl -L "https://data.rd.go.th/en/dataset/vrt_taxpayeraddress_01"Failure modes
- There is no single all-store Thailand API.
- Business registry records do not prove every physical branch or opening hours.
- VAT branches can be offices, warehouses, or non-public establishments.
- POI records do not prove legal entity, VAT status, or regulated license.
- Brand locators are accurate but siloed by chain.
- Hours, holiday closures, mall hours, and temporary closures are volatile.
- Store inventory and exact shelf price are usually private unless a retailer or marketplace authorizes access.
- Official price datasets are usually category/market context, not branch-level shelf prices.
- Commercial POI/review/photo APIs have licensing and caching limits.
- Batch files can change schema, naming, encoding, or publication cadence.
Last checked and source confidence
Last checked: 2026-05-11.
Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.