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Many tourists and other visitors may like to visit the Asian nation of Thailand so they can see the culture, history, sports, tourist attractions and society of the famous nation. Some may want to stay at high quality hotels in the region. Some may want to stay at new or old hotels in the city. Some may want to stay at hotels that have good access to scenic regions of the nation. Some may want to stay at hotels have a good range of prices.
Hotels in the nation of Thailand are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation. Some may want to stay at large or small hotels. Some may want to stay at hotels that have a high reputation.
The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. By the maritime boundary, the country is bordered to the southeast by Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand, to the southwest by Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea.
The capital and largest city of Thailand is Bangkok. It is also the country's center of political, commercial, industrial and cultural activities. Bangkok is known in Thai as "Krung Thep Mahanakorn," or, more colloquially, "Krung Thep."
The earliest speakers of the Tai language migrated from southern China, following rivers into northern Thailand and southward to the Mekong and the Chao Phraya Valley.
The fertile floodplain and tropical monsoon climate, ideally suited to wet-rice (thamna) cultivation, attracted settlers to this central area rather than to the marginal uplands and mountains of the northern region or the Khorat Plateau to the northeast.
By the 12th century, a number of loosely connected rice-growing and trading states flourished in the upper Chao Phraya Valley. Starting in the middle of the 14th century, these central chiefdoms gradually came under the control of the Ayutthaya kingdom at the southern extremity of the floodplain.
Successive capitals, built at various points along the river, became centers of great Thai kingdoms based on rice cultivation and foreign commerce. Unlike the neighboring Khmer and Burmese, the Thai continued to look outward across the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea toward foreign ports of trade.
When European imperialism brought a new phase in Southeast Asian commerce in the late 1800s, Thailand (known then as Siam) was able to maintain its independence as a buffer zone between British-controlled Burma to the west and French-dominated Indochina to the east, but losing over 50% of its territory in the process
hailand is home to several distinct geographic regions, partly corresponding to the provincial groups. The north of the country is mountainous, with the highest point being Doi Inthanon at 2,565 metres above sea level. The northeast, Isan, (see special section on this region) consists of the Khorat Plateau, bordered to the east by the Mekong river. The centre of the country is dominated by the predominantly flat Chao Phraya river valley, which runs into the Gulf of Thailand. The south consists of the narrow Kra Isthmus that widens into the Malay Peninsula.
The local climate is tropical and characterized by monsoons. There is a rainy, warm, and cloudy southwest monsoon from mid-May to September, as well as a dry, cool northeast monsoon from November to mid-March. The southern isthmus is always hot and humid. Major cities beside the capital Bangkok include Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Sawan, Chiang Mai, Phitsanulok, Surat Thani, Phuket and Hat Yai.
The official language of Thailand is the Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language closely related to Lao, Shan in Burma, and numerous smaller languages spoken in an arc from Hainan and Yunan south to the Malaysian border. It is the principal language of education and government and spoken throughout the country. The standard is based on the dialect of the Central Thai people, and it is written in the Thai alphabet, an abugida script that evolved from the Khmer script. Several other dialects exist, and coincide with the regional designations. Southern Thai is spoken in the southern provinces, and Northern Thai is spoken in the provinces that were formally part of the independent kingdom of Lannathai.
Cities, towns and villages in the country include ; Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Ban Bang Krathum, Ban Dongphayom, Ban Grong Greng, Ban Khung Taphao, Ban Laemphrathat, Ban Nong Pradu, Ban Pong (town), Ban Sam Ruen, Bang Rachan, Bangkok, Bannang Sata, Betong, Thailand, Bo Sang, Buketa, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chandi Town, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chonburi (city), Chumphon, Hat Yai, Hua Hin, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Laem Chabang, Lampang, Lamphun, Lang Suan (town), Loei, Lopburi, Mae Hong Son, Mae Kham Pong, Maha Sarakham, Mai, Thailand, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi, Nan, Thailand, Narathiwat, Nok Ok, Nong Khai, Nongbua Lamphu, Nonthaburi (city), Padang Besar (Thailand), Pai, Thailand, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Thailand, Pattaya, Phang Nga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phimai, Phitsanulok, Phrae, Phuket (city), Prachinburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Santikhiri, Saraburi, Satun, Si Racha, Sikhio, Sing Buri, Sisaket (town), Songkhla, Su-ngai Kolok, Sukhothai (town), Suphanburi, Surat Thani, Surin, Thailand, Tak (town), Tak Bai, Talad Chaiya, Tha Kham, Thong Sala, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Wiang Chiang Khong, Yala, Thailand, Yasothon
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