Thailand

Thailand’s legendary hospitality welcomes over fourteen million tourists a year and is currently enjoying strong year on year growth as the country matures into one of the World’s favorite holiday destinations. It’s location in the heart of Asia is a convenient stepping stone for exploring the rest of the mystical Far East, with the future powerhouses of the world, China and India, within easy reach.

Its irresistible combination of breathtaking natural beauty, inspiring temples, renowned hospitality and robust cuisine, makes for an alluring destination and with its people providing such a warm welcome Thailand's future as an outstanding holiday destination seems assured.

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Climate

The country as a whole benefits from a warm tropical climate, with an average temperature of 28 degrees Celsius almost all year around.

Political and Social Climate

Although 2006 saw a military coup this was a typical “Thai Style” affair with power rapidly returned to a civilian government. Many believe that by acting as they did, the military prevented a continuing abuse of power by the then prime minister Thaksin. With new elections set to take place at the end of 2007 Thailand is set to return to a stable and well run constitutional monarchy, with a sound legal system (based on the British law structure). It enjoys a strong economy and has a competently, well-developed infrastructure system. In addition it enjoys a very low incidence of crime against property and people, particularly within the tourist sectors, in fact Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is rated as one of the Worlds safest large cities.

The dominant religion is Buddhism, which helps to create an exceptionally comfortable atmosphere. Visitors to Thailand's many resorts and hotels will find the Thai people friendly and welcoming. In addition to this, the Thai people love to party and interact with foreigners (Farangs), taking every opportunity to practice their English language skills. In actual fact, in the tourist sectors of Thailand, almost all local people speak a little English, with many more than capable of holding a meaningful conversation, and enjoy socialising with tourists, helping to generate a considerable cross cultural mixture of music, food and styles. All of these factors combine to make holidaying in Thailand enjoyable, safe, fun and extremely relaxing.

Living Costs

Day to day living costs in Thailand are incredibly cheap compared to most other leading holiday destinations.

This means that day-to-day maintenance and service costs of villas can be kept low. In addition, the holiday dollar stretches that much further, with luxurious living within reach of all pockets. Currently, Thailand is deemed to be one of the best value tourist destinations in the world. All of these factors combine to make Thailand a popular destination with millions of visitors from around the world enjoying holidays here every year.

Growth Cycle

With Asia experiencing a huge economic boom as it s countries mature in to modern industrialized economies, Thailand’s business and tourism sector looks set for many years of strong growth and is best compared to the opportunities existing in Spain in the 1970’s. However with a driver of 3 billion people compared to Spain’s 300 million we expect Thailand and the Asia region to provide an even more exciting investment opportunity.