Water transport, there are many ports and harbors in Thailand, such as Bangkok, Klong Toey,
Laem Chabang. These port can serve for both goods shipment and passengers. In Bangkok, the Chao
Phraya River is a major transportation artery, with ferries, waterway taxis (the Chao Phraya Express)
and long-tailed boats. Moreover there is the Khlong Saen Saeb boat service, which provides fast,
inexpensive transport in central Bangkok.
Social
Language: The official language of Thailand is Thai, it is the principal language in formal
communication and in education with Thai alphabet as a standard format in writing. There are several
other dialects within the regions, namely, Southern Thai and Northern Thai, Northeastern Thai.
Religion and Culture:
According to the
2011
survey on conditions of society and culture,
culture and mental health, it showed
94.6%
of total populations are Buddhists. Muslims were the second
largest at
5.6%,
Christians, mainly Catholics, were
0.7%
of total population, the rest were Hindus and
Sikhs. Thailand is well-known as “Land of Smiles” as Thai people are friendly and kind and always
provide warm hospitality to foreigners. The traditional greeting is “Wei”, which is a symbol for paying
respect to the others.
Education:
The Thai Government provides
12
years education for all, with
9
years
compulsory. School system is well organized of for kindergartens, primary, lower secondary etc. After
lower secondary school, students can choose to extent to upper secondary school or vocational colleges
or soldier/police institutions.
Economy
Thailand is regarded as a new economy country, the major economic of country are mostly
based on agriculture, industry, tourism, service and natural resource. Overall economy in
2012
, the GDP
(at fixed price of
1988
) of country was
4
,895.6
billion baht. For an export, its value was amounted of
7
,091.3
billion baht, whereas the value of import was
7
,738.5
billion baht.
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