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 the Thai, It is the principal language of
education and government and spoken through out the country. Several other dialects also exist and
coincide with the regional designations, namely, Southern Thai and Northern Thai, Northeastern Thai.
Religion and Culture:
According to the
2008
survey on conditions of social, culture and
mental health, it showed
93.6%
of total populations are Buddhists. Muslims were the second largest at
5.4%,
Christians, mainly Catholics, were
0.9%
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 provide well organized school system of for kindergartens,
primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school, numerous vocational colleges, and universities.
Education is compulsory up to and including Grade
9
, and the government provides free education
through to Grade
12
. Numbers of schooling years in Thailand are kindergarten level start from
3
years
old,
6
years for primary school level, starts from
6
years old,
3
years for lower secondary school level,
3
years for upper secondary school level to extend to University level for
4
years. However, students
finishing lower secondary school could further their study into vocational fields.
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
2009
, the GDP
