May export growth eases

Exports rose by 17.6% year-on-year in May, the slowest pace in seven months due to the contraction in the automobile industry caused by the Japanese disaster.

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Export value totalled US$19.46 billion worth last month, up by 17.6% compared with increases of 24.6% in April and 30.9% in March.

In baht terms, export value was 580.05 billion baht, up 9.5% year-on-year.

Imports were worth $19.19 billion, up 33.8% and resulting in a trade surplus of $274 million.

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Why do Thailand's beaches are most beautiful to travel ?

      

     The eastern Gulf coast. stretching south-east from Bangkok to the Cambodian border. The oldest and most well established of the resorts along this coast is densely developed Pattaya, although Gulf alternatives nearby are expanding with each passing season. The main advantage of the eastern Gulf resorts is their proximity to Bangkok, except for some of the islands, such as Ko Samet and Ko Chang, the beaches are not all that spectacular.

      The Malay peninsula extends 1600 km south-east from Bangkok, creating a slender land barrier between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. Lined on either side by sandy bays, lagoons, mangroves, islands and islets, over half the length of this peninsula falls within Thailand's borders.

What is the cause ?

What happened to our world. 

           Unexpected world events, the tsunami waves were in southern Thailand and several Indian Ocean countries in late 2004, massive floods in China, followed by the storm in Japan and Taiwan, northern Thailand and the severity of hurricane in southern of USA, damage not less than U.S. $ 35,000 million.

Pattaya

Pattaya Overview

Pattaya is located on the northeastern coast of Thailand About 165 km southeast of Bangkok. It requires around 2.5 hours of time by car or bus to reach the city from Bangkok. This uninhabited and unspoiled fishing village soon turned into a city on its own after the Vietnam War in 1961. Being a strategic place for US naval bases during the war, Pattaya is still visited by war many ships today and is now under the Thai Royal Navy. Pattaya overview offers you a Pattaya Overview offer you a comprehensive sketch of Pattaya, its location, history and tourism.

Hill tribe fabric

    Hill tribe  
In Southeast Asia there are numbers of people living hobo in the mountains, which is known as "Hill Tribe". These people live along the border of the five countries, namely Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and China, particularly in Yunnan province. They have been dubbed "Hill Tribe" is why they are living in the mountains for many generations. Although their subsistence are in the mountain but it is difficult to identify their look like, their own language, culture, dress patterns and belief systems with myriad.

     Hmong or Meo 

     Hmong residents are scattered  to 13 provinces in Northern part of country, especially in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Tak, Nan, Phetchabun.  Hmong in Thailand are divided into two groups: Hmong Jua  is called blue  Meo  or  tabby Meo another group  is known as De Meo  or white Meo.

Golf Course in Thailand

Destination diversity and the vast choice of golf courses located throughout the country are key factors attracting the large numbers of visitors coming to play golf in Thailand.

From the beach resorts in the south, to the mountainous surroundings in the north, or the bustling cities of Bangkok and Pattaya, there are golf courses to suit every preference. All are located in highly accessible areas with fast and convenient door-to-door transfers possible within several hours’ travel time. This provides visitors with a vast choice for planning a golf holiday.

Thailand — ‘Best Up and Coming Destination’ for Golf Vacations
With modern facilities, internationally designed golf courses, and an excellent infrastructure, the availability of golf has developed significantly in Thailand. This has been evidenced by the World Golf Travel Agents Association recently awarding Thailand the ‘Best up and coming destination’ for golf vacations.

Thailand has hosted world class golf tournaments attracting such players as Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, and Colin Montgomerie to name but a few.

Travel to Thailand and shopping

    

Thailand Overview

There are five regions of Thailand: North, Northeast, East, Central, and South, which are divided into 75+1 provinces, each geographically distinct from the others; each Thailand province contains unique cultural, historical, and natural attractions from the northern peaks (replete with wildlife and home to exotic hill tribes) and the central plains (the “Rice Bowl of Asia”) to the northeastern plateau (stretching to the Mekong River border with Laos) and the spectacular beaches and islands of the south (including both Phuket and Samui).

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This Thailand travel guide can help you plan where to go by providing information about dining and accommodation, Thailand tourist attractions, regional festivals and events, different activities in each of the Thailand provinces, and unique shopping products produced in different regions of Thailand.

Hill Tribes and Hmong Bags

alibaba.com/member/th117940220.html Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand Numbering approximately 600,000. the hill tribes consist of six main groups, most of who have migrated into the area in the past 150 years, originating in Yunnan, Northern Burma and even Tibet. Primitive, poor and often marginalized by Thais, the hill tribes prefer to live in the uplands undisturbed and are noted for their distinctive costumes. Tourism Dollar, and efforts by His Majesty’ Royal Project to provide them with agricultural cooperatives, has brought prosperity and out side influence to some villages.

History of Hmong

History of the Hmong

In Southeast Asia the Hmong as an ethnic group lived across the northern area of three different countries—Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. The Hmong lived in relative peace with the other ethnic groups of the region before and during French colonial rule, but support for United States’ military actions in Laos and Vietnam during the 1960’s differentiated them from other groups. When the United States military intervention in Vietnam led to armed conflict along the Laotian-Vietnamese border in the 1970’s, approximately 20,000 Hmong sided with the United States army and provided critical aid in reconnaissance and the destruction of the Ho Chi Minh trail (Lynch 2004: 6). However, the United States pulled troops out of Laos and Vietnam, and evacuated the countryside, leaving the Hmong—considered traitors—behind to face retaliation from those they had fought against.  The remaining Hmong in the region fled the hostile regimes of Laos and Vietnam in 1975 to settle in refugee camps like Wat Tham Krabok in Thailand.

Hmong or Miao

The Hmong (RPA: Hmoob; Thai Hmong Daw: IPA: [m̥ɔ̃ŋ]), are an Asian 

ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity (苗族) in southern China. Hmong groups began a gradual southward migration in the 18th century due to political unrest and to find more arable land.

A number of Hmong people fought against the communist-nationalist Pathet Lao during the Laotian Civil War. Hmong people were singled out for retribution when the Pathet Lao took over the Laotian government in 1975, and tens of thousands fled to Thailand seeking political asylum.