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Travel destinations and attractions of Thailand, including the elephant tourism and medical tourism. Includes travel etiquette.

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John Ratts

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Travel destinations and attractions of Thailand, including the elephant tourism and medical tourism. Includes travel etiquette.

Thailand Travel Tips - Nomadic Matt

Thailand is the travel hub of Southeast Asia. Most people coming into the region fly into Bangkok and make that their base for doing the circuit around Southeast Asia.
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/thailand-travel-tips/
Places to Visit in Thailand - Rough Guides

With sixteen million foreigners flying into the country each year, Thailand is Asia's primary travel destination and offers a host of places to visit.
http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/asia/thailand/
Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
Thailand - Lonely Planet

Friendly and fun-loving, exotic and tropical, cultured and historic, Thailand radiates a golden hue from its glittering temples and tropical...
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand
Thailand Travel Guide - Fodor's Travel

Expert picks for your Thailand vacation, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, top attractions, and more.
http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand
Thailand - Wikitravel

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia with coasts on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. It borders Myanmar (Burma) to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the southeast and Malaysia to the south.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Thailand
Thailand Hotels, Book Cheap & Discount Hotels in Thailand - HotelTravel

Check 3924 hotels in Thailand and book cheap & discount Thailand hotels with HotelTravel.com. Get guaranteed savings. Book Now!
http://www.hoteltravel.com/thailand/hotels.htm
The 10 Best Thailand Hotels with PriceFinder - TripAdvisor

Thailand Hotels on TripAdvisor: Find 582,516 traveler reviews, candid photos, and prices for 1,000 hotels in Thailand.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293915-Thailand-Hotels.html
Thai Food and Travel - Food and Travel in Thailand

Find out how to take a culinary tour of Thailand with this great Thai travel resource. Take it from About.com's Thailand Travel Guide: if you're a Thai food fan, you'll love traveling around Thailand and sampling everything Thai cuisine has to offer. Or better yet, plan your trip accordingly - with great food in mind. Below you'll find plenty of ideas to make your visit to Thailand tasty as well as memorable. Check it out and have a great trip!
http://thaifood.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/Thai-Food-And-Travel-Eating-And-Cooking-In-Thailand.htm
40 Thai Foods we can't Live Without - CNN Travel

In celebration of Bangkok’s fantastic cuisine, we’ve rounded up 40 of the Thai dishes we couldn’t imagine living without, some world-famous, others obscure, but all very Thai, and very tasty.
http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/eat/40-bangkok-foods-we-cant-live-without-342900
Getting around Thailand on Local Transport - Lonely Planet

Catching local transport in Thailand - transport tips on getting around Thailand like a local
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/transport/getting-around/local-transport

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Kingdom of Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thai) Ratcha-anachak Thai
Flag Emblem
Anthem: เพลงชาติไทย Phleng Chat Thai "Thai National Anthem" Royal anthem: สรรเสริญพระบารมี Sansoen Phra Barami "Glorify His Prestige"
Show globe Show map of ASEAN Location of Thailand (green) – in Asia (dark grey & grey) – in ASEAN (dark grey)
Capital and largest city	Bangkok^[a] 13°48′N 100°33′E / 13.800°N 100.550°E / 13.800; 100.550
Official languages	Thai^[1]
Spoken languages	Central Thai, Isan, Lanna (Northern Thai), Dambro (Southern Thai), Karen, Pattani Malay, Bangkok Malay, Teochew, Hokkien
Ethnic groups	80% Thai 37% Thai (Central Thai) 25% Thai Lao (Northeastern Thai) 8% Lanna (Northern Thai) 8% Dambro (Southern Thai) 2% (Western Thai) 12% Thai Chinese 4% Khmer 4% Malays
Religion (2018 census) ^[2]	93.46% Buddhism 5.37% Islam 1.13% Christianity 0.03% Other
Demonym(s)	Thai
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)
• Prime Minister	Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Formation

• Sukhothai Kingdom	1238–1438
• Ayutthaya Kingdom	1351–1767
• Thonburi Kingdom	1767–1782
• Rattanakosin Kingdom	6 April 1782
• Constitutional monarchy	24 June 1932
• Current constitution	6 April 2017

Area
• Total	513,120 km² (198,120 sq mi) (50th)
• Water (%)	0.4 (2,230 km²)
Population
• 2024 estimate	65,975,198^[3] (22nd)
• 2010 census	64,785,909^[4] (21st)
• Density	132.1/km² (342.1/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (PPP)	2024 estimate
• Total	$1.644 trillion^[5] (23rd)
• Per capita	$23,401^[5] (74th)
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	$548.890 billion^[5] (26th)
• Per capita	$7,812^[5] (88th)
Gini (2021)	35.1^[6] medium inequality
HDI (2022)	0.803^[7] very high (66th)
Currency	Thai baht (฿) (THB)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (BE)
Drives on	left
Calling code	+66
ISO 3166 code	TH
Internet TLD	.th .ไทย
^ Officially known in Thai as "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon"

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Thailand Travel Tips - Nomadic Matt

Thailand is the travel hub of Southeast Asia. Most people coming into the region fly into Bangkok and make that their base for doing the circuit around Southeast Asia.
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/thailand-travel-tips/
Places to Visit in Thailand - Rough Guides

With sixteen million foreigners flying into the country each year, Thailand is Asia's primary travel destination and offers a host of places to visit.
http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/asia/thailand/
Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
Thailand - Lonely Planet

Friendly and fun-loving, exotic and tropical, cultured and historic, Thailand radiates a golden hue from its glittering temples and tropical...
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand
Thailand Travel Guide - Fodor's Travel

Expert picks for your Thailand vacation, including hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, top attractions, and more.
http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand
Thailand - Wikitravel

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia with coasts on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. It borders Myanmar (Burma) to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the southeast and Malaysia to the south.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Thailand
Thailand Hotels, Book Cheap & Discount Hotels in Thailand - HotelTravel

Check 3924 hotels in Thailand and book cheap & discount Thailand hotels with HotelTravel.com. Get guaranteed savings. Book Now!
http://www.hoteltravel.com/thailand/hotels.htm
The 10 Best Thailand Hotels with PriceFinder - TripAdvisor

Thailand Hotels on TripAdvisor: Find 582,516 traveler reviews, candid photos, and prices for 1,000 hotels in Thailand.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293915-Thailand-Hotels.html
Thai Food and Travel - Food and Travel in Thailand

Find out how to take a culinary tour of Thailand with this great Thai travel resource. Take it from About.com's Thailand Travel Guide: if you're a Thai food fan, you'll love traveling around Thailand and sampling everything Thai cuisine has to offer. Or better yet, plan your trip accordingly - with great food in mind. Below you'll find plenty of ideas to make your visit to Thailand tasty as well as memorable. Check it out and have a great trip!
http://thaifood.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/Thai-Food-And-Travel-Eating-And-Cooking-In-Thailand.htm
40 Thai Foods we can't Live Without - CNN Travel

In celebration of Bangkok’s fantastic cuisine, we’ve rounded up 40 of the Thai dishes we couldn’t imagine living without, some world-famous, others obscure, but all very Thai, and very tasty.
http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/eat/40-bangkok-foods-we-cant-live-without-342900
Getting around Thailand on Local Transport - Lonely Planet

Catching local transport in Thailand - transport tips on getting around Thailand like a local
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/transport/getting-around/local-transport

Kingdom of Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thai) Ratcha-anachak Thai
Flag Emblem
Anthem: เพลงชาติไทย Phleng Chat Thai "Thai National Anthem" Royal anthem: สรรเสริญพระบารมี Sansoen Phra Barami "Glorify His Prestige"
Show globe Show map of ASEAN Location of Thailand (green) – in Asia (dark grey & grey) – in ASEAN (dark grey)
Capital and largest city	Bangkok^[a] 13°48′N 100°33′E / 13.800°N 100.550°E / 13.800; 100.550
Official languages	Thai^[1]
Spoken languages	Central Thai, Isan, Lanna (Northern Thai), Dambro (Southern Thai), Karen, Pattani Malay, Bangkok Malay, Teochew, Hokkien
Ethnic groups	80% Thai 37% Thai (Central Thai) 25% Thai Lao (Northeastern Thai) 8% Lanna (Northern Thai) 8% Dambro (Southern Thai) 2% (Western Thai) 12% Thai Chinese 4% Khmer 4% Malays
Religion (2018 census) ^[2]	93.46% Buddhism 5.37% Islam 1.13% Christianity 0.03% Other
Demonym(s)	Thai
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

• Monarch	Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)
• Prime Minister	Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Formation

• Sukhothai Kingdom	1238–1438
• Ayutthaya Kingdom	1351–1767
• Thonburi Kingdom	1767–1782
• Rattanakosin Kingdom	6 April 1782
• Constitutional monarchy	24 June 1932
• Current constitution	6 April 2017

Area
• Total	513,120 km² (198,120 sq mi) (50th)
• Water (%)	0.4 (2,230 km²)
Population
• 2024 estimate	65,975,198^[3] (22nd)
• 2010 census	64,785,909^[4] (21st)
• Density	132.1/km² (342.1/sq mi) (88th)
GDP (PPP)	2024 estimate
• Total	$1.644 trillion^[5] (23rd)
• Per capita	$23,401^[5] (74th)
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	$548.890 billion^[5] (26th)
• Per capita	$7,812^[5] (88th)
Gini (2021)	35.1^[6] medium inequality
HDI (2022)	0.803^[7] very high (66th)
Currency	Thai baht (฿) (THB)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (BE)
Drives on	left
Calling code	+66
ISO 3166 code	TH
Internet TLD	.th .ไทย
^ Officially known in Thai as "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon"

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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