The Culture of Thailand

Thailand is a country rich in natural resources, fun-loving and easygoing people, religion, traditions and beauty. Thailand has a growing economy full of opportunities. This paper will give you information on Thailand’s geography, size of its market, the political situation of Thailand, its regulatory environment, the economy, key economic indicators, its culture, and how consumer products are marketed and distributed.
Thailand is the 51st-largest country by total area in the world, totaling 198,120 square miles and is located in Southeast Asia. Thailand is bordered by Burma and Laos to the North, Laos and Cambodia in the East, Malaysia and the Gulf of Thailand to the South, and to the West lie’s the Andaman Sea as well as the southern tip of Burma. Thailand’s geography is diverse with the mountainous Thong Chai Range in the North. In the Northeast is the Khorat Plateau which is bordered to the East by the Mekong River. The middle of the country is where the Chao Phraya river valley is lies which runs into the Gulf of Thailand. Southern Thailand is where the Kra Isthmus is located that broadens into the Malay Peninsula. Rural Thailand claims the Chao Phraya and the Mekong River as its sustainable resource. Both rivers and their tributaries are used for industrial corps. The crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Thailand provides an ideal vacation spot for tourists and is also home to the kingdom’s main port as well as being the entry gates for Bangkok’s Inland Seaport. The Andaman Sea however, is said to be Thailand’s most precious natural resource as it has some of Asia’s most happening and lavish resorts. Thailand has a tropical climate and two different monsoon seasons. From November to mid-March it’s cool, dry and comes out of the northeast and from mid-May to September it’s warm, rainy, and cloudy and comes from the southwest. Thailand has a population around 66,720,153. Bangkok is not only Thailand’s capital but also is its largest city

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