THAILANDSICThailand Standard Industrial Classification

TSIC Activity

50212

Inland passenger water transport by excursion boat and cruise ships

ประกอบกิจการ เกี่ยวกับเรือสปีดโบ๊ท พานักท่องเที่ยว เที่ยวตามเกาะ ไปกลับ

What this activity covers

This activity involves operating tourist and sightseeing boats on inland waterways for passenger transport and related services.

  • Tourist ship operations — Operating large sightseeing cruise ships on inland waterways
  • Inland waterway cruises — Providing cruises with transportation and accommodation services
  • Charter services — Renting tourist ships or sports cruise ships with crews
  • Passenger transport — Transporting passengers by water within the country
  • Catering services — Providing food services during inland waterway cruises

What companies here also do

Seen in real company registrations under this code — beyond the official definition, so licensing may differ.

  • Speedboat tours — Operating speedboat tours for tourists
  • Leisure boat tours — Providing boat tours for tourism and leisure

Not included here

  • Activities of restaurants and bars arranged on ships for the operation of separate and independent units, see activities 56101 and 56301.
  • Rental services of pleasure boats or sports cruises without a driver. See activities 77210.
  • The operation of the floating casino. See activity 92009

Foreign ownership

List 2: Restricted, Cabinet routeinherited from 50

Domestic transportation by land, water or air, including the domestic airline business

Domestic transportation only. International carriage falls outside this item, and sector laws impose their own foreign shareholding caps.

FBA B.E. 2542, List 2, Chapter 1 (2)Routes: Cabinet permission, US Treaty of Amity

Auto-mapped, verify against the Act. These TSIC mappings are indicative, not legal advice; the schedules of the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542 are the authority. See the full foreign ownership reference.

Industry at a glance

as of 23 ก.ค. 69

The whole registered industry under this activity, every registration year, from the DBD DataWarehouse.

114
active companies operate here
฿510.6Mregistered capital, combined
฿1.5B
Sector revenue · 2025
+35% since 2023
฿26.9M
Net profit · 2025
27 profitable
202320242025

net profitrevenue

Foreign investment

new registrations · 2026 YTD
63%of new registered capital is foreign-held
฿10.0M foreign฿6.0M Thai

Based on few new registrations this year — read as a rough signal only.

New in 2026

6+50.0%

registrations, YTD

Registered capital

฿510.6M+11.4%

since year-end

Largest by revenue

Latest filed-year revenue, not a multi-year total

  1. 1Speedboat Lomphraya Co., Ltd.฿1.1B
  2. 2Lomlak Kirin High Speed Ferry Co., Ltd.฿181.9M
  3. 3Chao Phraya Tourist Boat Co., Ltd.฿138.3M
  4. 4South Siam Drivers Co., Ltd.฿30.5M
  5. 5Deep Andaman Co., Ltd.฿27.8M

Largest by registered capital

  1. 1Speedboat Lomphraya Co., Ltd.Surat Thani฿100.0M
  2. 2T Transport Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿40.0M
  3. 3Phuket Vessel Holding Co., Ltd.Bangkok฿37.0M

Source: Department of Business Development DataWarehouse. Financial figures are combined totals of companies that filed statements; revenue and profit shown for the latest three reporting years.

Companies registered since 2022

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New DBD registrations under this activity since 2022, the period the registry snapshot covers, not the full historical register.

58
Registered
since 2022
53
Still active
5
Dissolved
฿1.0M
Median capital
of active

New registrations per year

2022peak 25 in 20232026

Largest active companies by registered capital

Source: Department of Business Development (DBD) new-registration records, 2022 to present. Counts cover companies first registered in that window, reflect the latest snapshot load, and may lag the live register.

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