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| THAILAND HISTORY Thailand has it' own distinctive culturs,language,cuisine,customs,traditional,beliefs,and approach to life.Thailand is a country of golden roofed temples,Buddhist monks.in saffron robes,elephants,Colourful teeming Markets. Ultra modern architectures,beautiful beach and incredible moutain ristas. |
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| Discovering The Treasures of a Kingdom. Tourism in Thailand can be said to have been given serious official support in 1987 when a promotional campaing was launched as part of the celebrations to celebrate His Majesty The King's 60th birthday,his 5th cycle.Arrivals has sinceincreased annually by an everage of 10 percent. In 1994 a gigure of 6,166,496 was reported. The estimate for 1996 . Although these impressive figures show a progressive and encouraging trend,in themselves they can only reflect the increasing popularity of the country as one of the world'sleading tourist destinations. Thailand is civilization with roots dating back over 5000 years. |
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Today tourism is without doubt one of Thailand's major industies,employing 1.5 million people and earning,in 1994 149.9 billion baht. The overwhelming majority of today's visitors are still vacation attendes are increasing fast and now represent almost 23 percent of the total arrivals. Recognition of this important sector is reflected in the continuing development of the convention and exhibition industry with such venteres as the goverment backed Queen Sirikit National Conversation Center gaining worldwide acceptance and establishing, Thailand as a convention and conference venue par excellence. Bangkok has to be considered one of the most exciting metropolitan areas on Earth. Bangkok is truly a place .Where the Earth has met the West. |
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