By Sofia Kaur Jenie
Thailand is one of the best Asian countries to travel to. Not only is the country stupendously beautiful and has a very warm culture, but the amount of activity that you can do here is simply unearthly and addictive. No doubt, Thailand tourism industry has been growing from strength to strength.
Here are some of the more interesting things that your vacation packages have to offer to you in this exciting country:
- i. Visiting the sharks: When was the last time when you got really close to those giant and dangerous sharks? Perhaps, never! But the Siam Ocean World in Bangkok (capital of Thailand) gives you a fantastic chance to literally touch these sea monsters. There is this water tank built inside the ocean where you can walk into and enjoy a vivid underwater spectacle. Only a thick sheet of glass separates you from those monstrous jaws!
ii. Visiting the elephants and the crocodiles: When you are at Bangkok, make sure to pay a visit to the famous Samphran Elephant and Crocodile Farm where you can be a witness to the fun-filled elephant theme shows and also watch the gigantic crocodiles show some of their deadly moves.
- iii. Visiting Lumpini Park: Your vacation package also offers you a relaxing visit to the Lumpini Park where you can take a stroll or jog or cycle. Its freshness and greenery will certainly leave an imprint in your heart.
iv. Visiting the King of the serpents: The Snake Park at Bangkok organizes special shows wherein a man catches the King Cobra, the king of the serpents, without any protective gear. The show is both informative and adrenaline-pumping!
v. Doing yoga: Thailand tourism is also famous for its yoga centers, Ayurvedic treatment houses and massage parlors. This trip can be a perfect excuse to learn some tricks of holistic Yoga.
vi. Going to Koh Kret Island: Koh Kret is a tiny island just a boat ride away from Bangkok. It is known for its culture and markets. Taking a day out for Koh Kret Island is highly recommended by those who have witnessed its simplistic beauty.
- vii. Riding the Tuk Tuk: Your vacation packages also give you a chance to ride the Tuk Tuk, an innovative vehicle which is small and easy to operate. It can easily wriggle through even the narrowest of lanes and is an experience worth some good memories.
viii. Visit Dream World: Thailand vacation package also incorporates a lot of fun in your itinerary. The famous amusement park known as 'Dream World' is certainly a must visit especially if you wish to have a roller coaster time breezing through those gravity-defying rides.
ix. Head to a floating market: Those who visit Thailand also bring back pleasant memories of Floating markets (markets floating on water) where you can buy artifacts and food. Khlong Lat Mayom Floating Market is thoroughly recommended.
x. Freak yourself out at the weirdest museum: The Forensic Museum is Bangkok is really weird and can be a different kind of experience- freaky and squeamish! It should not be missed out, come what may!
Hungry Bags, a tour operator for Thailand tourism, offers vacation packages that can enable you to do things which you never even dreamt of doing. From visiting sharks to snakes to witnessing temples and museums, you can have a unique time under a Thailand vacation package.
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Thailand Tourism
By Hugh Nelson
At least until recently, tourism has been the third most important sector of Thailand's economy, after agriculture and exports. Among 'industries,' tourism is listed in first place. The country is without doubt one of the world's favorite tourist destinations, in part because of its magnificent natural beauty (of many varieties, not just the famous islands), in part because of the natural friendliness of its people, in further part because of the relative ease and safety of traveling in Thailand, which is easily done on both high and low traveler personal economies.
This situation is now in considerable flux, and concerns about the viability of Thailand's major tourist industry are growing. Currency fluctuations and new economic policies have put a significant dent in exports as a source of GDP, and increasingly severe and unpredictable weather - primarily floods and droughts - throughout the country are an increasing concern to its agriculturalists.
Those changes make the viability of Thailand's tourist industry all the more important. While the country has so far survived threats to the industry such as SARS, bird flu, and the 2004 tsunami relatively intact, tourism officials and operators are only too aware that a more large-scale bird flu epidemic or another tsunami (in a region where earthquakes in Indonesia such as the one that caused the one in 2004 are increasingly frequent) could have a devastating effect on the industry.
- Additionally, the relocating of the country's main airport, an expansive new facility called Suvarnaphumi planned by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to make Bangkok the 'hub of Southeast Asian travel' has been a only slightly mitigated disaster for the country and the source of considerable national shame. Hurried construction, corrupt construction practices, and overall bad planning have yielded a facility many find far inferior to the 95-year-old 'old' airport in Don Muang, for which longtime Thailand visitors had developed an affection, and which worked with seasoned efficiency. The new airport is daily news nationally, with alternating reports about its safety (primarily of the runways) and inconvenience. It is much farther out of the city, making it much more difficult for tourists to get to their Bangkok destinations and to others on their travel itineraries.
There are great fears among observers of Thailand's tourist scene that it will take just one more major problem such as the ones described above to drive tourists to seek other travel destinations in Asia and elsewhere. The effects on Thailand's economy would be devastating if tourism were to drop even a small amount.
- Hugh Nelson is an e-learning specialist who has worked in the education industry for more than 10 years. He currently lives in Hong Kong and is a director of UniRoute, a company that runs educational websites helping students prepare and successfully apply for post-graduate studies abroad. IELTS
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