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Thailand – The best vacation spot

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Thailand has an interesting culture to display. This culture attracts several tourists all round the year. While there might be civil unrest in some parts of the capital, the rest of the place is still peaceful for a traveler to come and unwind in Thailand.

A royal experience:

Thailand has a lot of interesting temples to its credit. The Wat Pho Temple (Reclining Buddha) and Bangkok’s Grand Palace is home to a lot of architectural wonders. It consists of a lot of history attached to it that include the famous folklore that talks about the eternal love for Lord Buddha.

Just about a one hour travel from the capital Bangkok, is the Chiang Rai, wherein you will find the majestic temple of Wat Rong Khun.  It is popularly known as the White temple. It attracts several visitors every single day. Designed by famous Thai artists, this is an interesting place to visit.

Just about a 2 hours drive from the capital you will arrive at Kanchanaburi. Here you can experience the country life that is surrounded by river camps and waterfall. You can also visit the Tiger Temple, wherein you actually get to play around with these nature’s beasts.

When in Thailand, you have to experience its traditional martial arts form called Muay Thai. It demonstrates true fighting spirit. The main aim of this traditional form of martial arts is to make wise moves rather than just using force and impact. Muay Thai attracts people from all over the world who want to practice and learn discipline in life. There are many such camps that take up short term training. So even if you are on a short vacation, you can get hands on experience on it, at least the basics.

Thailand is the best place for vacation, you have several places to explore and a lot of culture to witness at an affordable price.

News about Thailand travel and Tourism

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Tourism covers 7% of Thailand’s economy. Travel and Tourism operations in Thailand provide 2 million+ jobs. However, the industry shows resilience despite a long decade of political turmoil.

News reports mention that 26.7 million record visitors came over last year which was a rise by 20% since previous year.

However, political protests which took place in November caused 6% drop in the foreign tourist arrivals. This was during the period of January-April of this year as reported by Piyaman Tejapaibul who is president of Thailand’s Tourism industry.

Piyaman has appealed the ruling junta for lifting night curfews at the beach resorts which includes Phuket and Samui and Krabi and Pattaya.

News from Phuket Gazette newspaper said, “Everybody around the country, especially those in tourism sectors, hopes that military rule is shunned and democracy prevails.”

However, more than forty countries have declared travel alerts which include US and Hong Kong. They have advised the citizens to avoid Thailand travel for non-essential reasons.

Hong Kong is one major source of Thailand visitors. Travel Industry Council stated that minimum 70 tour groups were cancelled by travel agents this week which involved 1300 people.

The Hotels in Bangkok also say that the coup has lead to non-stop cancellations.

Lebua hotel’s chief executive said, “We filed extra 650 cancellations during past 5 days. Bangkok’s Lebua hotel’s Sky Bar- a lavish elevated rooftop was a characteristic location in the movie Hangover 2.

As a result, this 5-star hotel is offering certain promotions which it calls as “Staycations”. This is done to entice the locals and travelers to visit for drinks and dinner and spend relaxed nights while avoiding rushing to home because of curfew.

A similar case is seen with Swissotel Nai Lert Park who has announced “Beat the Curfew” offer for residents till the end of month of June.

News for the fans of Thailand

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The Airline bookings for Thailand takes a fall, reveals news from travel data

The Airline bookings towards Thailand have fallen. This was revealed by a travel association on Sunday subsequent to the military’s taking over the government. This happened on May 22. This news has grabbed eyeballs as it claims to hit the tourism and travel sector of Thailand which accounts for 10% of economy.

The rebellion followed by months of protests, weakened Thailand’s government headed by Prime Minister Mr. Yingluck Shinawatra. This was followed by forced ministries to be closed for weeks which hurt business confidence. As a result, the economy shrunk and creating negative impact on Thailand’s Travel industry .

May 19 saw around 28,000 of inbound bookings to Thailand a day as per sample figures from Pacific Asia’s Travel Association or PATA. However, May 23 saw 5000 cancellations.

As a result prior to military’s intervention, the Tourism and Travel Authority of Thailand decreased its forecast for the foreign arrivals for this year to 5-year low of around 26.3 million.

This news about drop in the airline bookings were circulated at global meeting of the airlines across Doha where the industry executives seemed worried about impact of the political instability on Thailand and Ukraine as well as over wider travel demand.

The Short-haul booking from countries like China, where people usually book travel some weeks in advance are hit the most said Martin Craigs who is the chief executive of the PATA. The Bookings from the long-haul travelers did not fell as much as they book in advance, Craigs said.

Craigs alleged that tourism’s bosses had talked to Thai military highlighting the Travel sector’s importance to the economy. There’s a need to call for repeal of nationwide curfew which exists from midnight to around 4 am.

Famous Sports of Thailand

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Thailand is famous due to several reasons including its sports. One of the reasons that have made Thailand so much popular is its sports. In this post, you will get some information about famous Thailand Sports.

Muay Thai – A world famous fight art. It is a form of kickboxing and is also known as Thai boxing. It is not just a sport for Thailand but an extra ordinary sport because it is the national sport of Thailand. It is one of the sports that bring lots of medals in Olympics every time. Muay Thai is different from Western boxing because that was limited to use of body parts. In Muay Thai, you can have kicks, punches, knees stroke, elbow strikes, etc.

Takraw – It is a native game of Thailand, which is enjoyed everywhere in Thailand. In this game, players have to hit a rattan ball with feet, knees, chest, and head, which means they cannot use their hands to touch the ball while playing the game. Another form of this game is Sepak Takraw, which is similar to Volleyball but with some differences.

Golf – If you want to know the Golf Capital of Asia then the name is Thailand. Yes, Thailand is called the Golf capital of Asia. Golfers from all over the world come here to have some special moments spend on the golf courses here in Thailand. Singapore, South Africa, Japan, Korea, UK, and the USA are some of the names to mention from where people come here to play Golf. One of the main reasons is the climate and the abundance of golf courses. There are about 200 golf courses in Thailand where you can play golf almost every day. Alpine Golf & Sports Club, Thai Country Club, Amata Spring Country Club, and Black Mountain Golf Club are a few famous golf courses.

Apart from these sports, there are many other famous sports in Thailand like basketball, kite fighting, rugby, weightlifting, boat racing, scuba diving etc.