About Thailand

Thailand is a meeting place, where people of diverse backgrounds have come together to pool their culture and racial characteristics, giving rise to something new, strong and vital. With a territory and population about the same size as France, Thailand's people are mostly ethnic Thai, with other ethnic groups mixed in: Burmese, Chinese, Lao, Khmer and hilltribes. The people are mostly Buddhist, less than 10 percent believe in other faiths: Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Brahmanism.

The country divides into four regions - North, Northeast, Central and South - sharing borders with Malaysia on the south, Burma on the west, Lao on northeast and east, and Kampucha on the east.

Thai is have their own language. The language spoken in the Central Plains of the Kingdom is the standard Thai taught in all schools, broadcast over radio and TV, and printed in publications. The language has derived many words from other languages, particularly Sanskrit and Pali from India which came to Thailand with Brahmanism and Buddhism. Words co-opted from the languages of neighbouring countries are in common use : Chinese , Khmer and Lao. Although Thai language is standard and used all over Thailand, however, each region has its own dialect.

Thailand has three seasons: rainy from July to October, cool and dry from November to February, and hot from March to June . With picking seasons spanning all three seasons of the year, Thailand has more than three dozen kinds of attractive fruit that come in a collage of shapes, a spectrum of colours, and a melange of flavours. Flowers and plants blossom in profusion and display a myriad of colours to delight the eyes and refresh the spirit all year round. The country divides into four regions - North, Northeast, Central and South - sharing borders with Malaysia on the south, Burma on the west, Lao on northeast and east, and Kampucha on the east.

Thai is have their own language. The language spoken in the Central Plains of the Kingdom is the standard Thai taught in all schools, broadcast over radio and TV, and printed in publications. The language has derived many words from other languages, particularly Sanskrit and Pali from India which came to Thailand with Brahmanism and Buddhism. Words co-opted from the languages of neighbouring countries are in common use : Chinese , Khmer and Lao. Although Thai language is standard and used all over Thailand, however, each region has its own dialect.

Thailand has three seasons: rainy from July to October, cool and dry from November to February, and hot from March to June . With picking seasons spanning all three seasons of the year, Thailand has more than three dozen kinds of attractive fruit that come in a collage of shapes, a spectrum of colours, and a melange of flavours. Flowers and plants blossom in profusion and display a myriad of colours to delight the eyes and refresh the spirit all year round.