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Can a hotel, resort or wellness retreat offer cannabis in 2026?
Thailand Cannabis Report · Reefers Club Co., Ltd. · Last checked 31 October 2026
Cannabis-friendly hotels and wellness retreats were part of Thailand's 2022 tourism pitch. In 2026, the rules leave hospitality businesses with a narrow, mostly medical path, and several common offers now put a licence at risk.
Selling cannabis on site
A hotel that wants to sell flower needs a licensed seller on licensed premises, meeting Ministerial Regulation No. 2: a qualifying underlying credential, premises held by right, separate storage, a trained worker on duty and odour control. Every sale needs a PT.33 prescription. Verified
Smoking
Cannabis smell and smoke have been a public nuisance since June 2022, and allowing smoking on licensed premises is grounds for revocation. Estimated A hotel shop with a smoking terrace is a revocation risk. Hotels can also set house rules on smoking in rooms. See can a dispensary allow smoking on site.
Food and drink
Food rules have allowed certain cannabis and hemp plant parts in ready-to-eat food, not the flower, with warnings to customers and restrictions for people under 20 and pregnant or breastfeeding women. Estimated See cannabis in restaurants and cafés.
Wellness and traditional medicine
Thai traditional medicine services, delivered by licensed practitioners and facilities, can use cannabis within medical rules. Thai traditional medicine practitioners are among the seven prescribing groups. Verified A retreat built around licensed traditional medicine is on firmer ground than one built around recreational use. See Thai traditional medicine and cannabis.
Advertising
Promoting cannabis as part of a hotel package can run into the advertising ban for controlled herbs. Estimated
The direction of travel
As reported, the draft Cannabis Control Act restricts cannabis to medical use. Estimated Hospitality offers should be built so they still work if it passes.
Section 3 of the report, free to read, sets out the rules for licensed sellers.
Sources
- Section 3 of the 2026 report, The rules in force (free to read)
- Thairath, DTAM guideline on administrative orders for cannabis shops, 22 June 2026
- Tilleke & Gibbins, Cannabis and Hemp Business Guide Thailand 2025
- Nation Thailand, Thai cabinet endorses draft cannabis control bill for medical use, 22 September 2026
This article is market intelligence, not legal, tax or immigration advice. Rules change by notification; check the current text with the relevant authority or Thai counsel before you act.
In short
Can a hotel sell cannabis in Thailand?
Only through a licensed seller on licensed premises, against a PT.33 for every sale, with all the licence conditions.
Can hotel guests smoke cannabis?
Cannabis smoke and smell can be a public nuisance, and a licensed seller that allows smoking risks revocation. Hotels set their own rules too.
Can a resort serve cannabis food?
Food rules have allowed certain plant parts, not the flower, with warnings to customers. Check the current rules.
Is a cannabis wellness retreat legal?
Thai traditional medicine services can use cannabis within medical rules. A retreat built on recreational use carries high risk.
Is the draft Act relevant to hotels?
Yes. As reported, it points to medical use only, which narrows hospitality options further.
Want the numbers behind this?
This article gives you the argument. The figures, where they come from and how sure we are of each one are in the report.