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Bangkok was just a city, until General Chao Phraya Chakkri, the founder of the ruling Chakkri dynasty, took over the throne as Rama 1. After General Chao Phraya Chakkri was crowned Rama 1, he strategically moved the Capital from the west to the east bank of the Chao Phraya River to make it harder for the Burmese to invade and to have a better trading post with other western countries. Thereafter, Bangkok grew modernised and grew rapidly during the 1960's. Today Bangkok is now the central of politics, economy, education, media and the modern society. Bangkok has a GDP of approximately $674.3 billion with exports of goods and services contributing 70.6%, and imports of goods and services contributing -66.6%. Export commodities are electronics and appliances, computers and parts, automobiles and parts, machinery equipment, textiles, footwear, fishery products, rice and rubber. Import commodities are capital goods, raw material, intermediate goods, consumer goods and fuels. Agricultural products of Bangkok are mainly rice, cassava (manioc), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts and soybeans. Bangkok is also the world's second-largest tungsten producer and the third-largest tin producer.
Tourism is an important contributor in Bangkok, making around 427.5 billion baht ($13.38 billion). Because of its sights and attractions, Bangkok attracts a diverse range of tourists. Hospitals such as Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital cater services to foreigners-200,000 medical tourist visit each year making it a popular destination for medical tourist. Shopping centres such a Paragon and MBK provide a wide range of choices and prices. Bangkok's well known sights are mostly museums (including the Bangkok National Museum and Royal B...
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Sacramento is a bustling city with a diverse population and a city structure to match. In the last few decades the growth and development within our area has grown exponentially, land that was completely vacant fields and farmland has been replaced with shopping centers and freeways, expanding with the population increase in recent years. With the fast-track building of these areas before the economic collapse, more areas were developed than can currently be filled, which unfortunately has left many new buildings empty and lots paved for new construction or parking lots left unused. This is in addition to the expansion of roads and freeways in an attempt to relieve the traffic congestion that comes from rapid urban growth.
The introduction outlines the author’s argument that after European influence Southeast Asia became highly compartmentalized, whereas they area was previously maintained and controlled by three dynasties. The following chapters examine a powerful region prior to British invasion (Siam), and after (the Malay Peninsula). “Siam, 1767-1868” focused on how the Siamese state achieved a newfound dominance in Southeast Asia prior to intervention from outside European forces. The chapter on the Malay Peninsula tells a similar, but different story. This chapter focused on the last portion of the eighteenth century, and how it was shaped by conflict and turmoil from different sources attempting to assert dominance over the
What is the Thailand Tiger Temple? The Thailand Tiger Temple is located in Thailand and was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and a sanctuary for wild animals including tigers. The tiger temple has Bengal tigers and hybrid breeds. They received its first tiger cub in 1999 and now they have 137 tigers as of 2016. Visitors are charged about $16 or more if they decide to pet or feed the tigers. 137 tigers from the tiger temple were seized and transferred to animal refuges. This reason being is because the monks who run the temple have been accused of animal abuse, drugging, trafficking into the illegal wildlife trade and the disappearance of three tigers. Former workers said the tigers were beaten. Not well fed, in need of veterinary care and
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As I already mentioned, the number of kathoey´s in Thailand is surpassing, and the origin of this appearance might lie in Religion. The main religion in Thailand is Buddhism, about 95% of the population are Buddhists (3) who follow the rules of this religion in their everyday life. The Thai- Buddhism is called "Theravada Buddhism" and it is a localized form of the original Buddhism which has it's origin in Indian Hinduism (3). The development from the original form to the "modern" Thai Buddhism took place over many years, "the tension between the teachings of the Theravada Buddhism and the Thai animistic practice" (2).This tension was resolved by "appropriating those elements of the Buddhism doctrine that are compatible with animistic thinking and basic human experience."(2). The result of this development of religion is that "institutional and ritual expressions of Thai religion appear to be very Buddhistic indeed, but its characteristic mentality is not so much interested in the moral message of the Theravada as in auspiciousness, worldly continuity and the manipulation of saksit (supernatural "sacred") power"(2).
...onal trade and investment agreements Thailand is more open than before but the production of dairy products, automobile engines and motorcycle assembly are still subject to local manufacturing content, Thailand restrictions.
Vietnam has variety types of food for every occasion, from an everyday meal to New Year’s festivities food. The flavor of the Vietnamese food varies from sweet, sour, salty, and spicy. However, rice, the mainstay of the Vietnamese diet, is grown throughout the country but particularly in the Red River delta in the north and Mekong River delta in the south. As Vietnam’s population started to increases, farmers had to produce quicker as well; making Vietnam the third country to produce the most rice. In fact, the Vietnamese people say that their country resembles a bamboo pole (the narrow central region) with a basket of rice at each end.(Food in Vietnam) Rice is eaten almost every day in the Vietnamese diet. Even though three-fourths of country is either a hill or mountain, the long waterway along the country provides a small variety of seafood like fish or shrimp.
What is the Thailand Tiger Temple? The Thailand Tiger Temple is located in Thailand and was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and a sanctuary for wild animals including tigers. The tiger temple has Bengal tigers and hybrid breeds. They received its first tiger cub in
In Ernest W. Burgess’s “The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project,” (1925), the author delves deep into the processes that go into the construction of a modern city or urban environment. Burgess lists its following qualities: skyscrapers, the department store, the newspaper, shopping malls, etc. (p. 154). Burgess also includes social work as being part of a modern urban environment. This is supported by his construction model based on concentric circles that divided Chicago into five zones. The first was called a center loop meant for a business district. Secondly, there was an area for business and light manufacture. Third, there was a “zone for working men’s homes” (p. 156). The fourth is the residential area of high-class apartment buildings. The fifth is where suburban houses are located.
The article discusses the new images that sex tourism has brought upon to Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. Since Thailand has been one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia for prostitution, it has made sex a featured selling point to attract foreigners. Marketing, social, governmental implications are examined in this article.
Lao society is rural and subsistence agriculture accounts for half of the GDP and provides 80% of employment. Rice is the primary crop, grown on about 80% of Laos’ arable land. Laos received development aid from the International Monetary Fund, Asia Development Bank and other international sources. Agricultural production and most manufacturing production are mostly conducted by the private se...
The topic that I will be discussing is Thai culture. In this, it will include areas that influence this culture. First, I will give you the geographical information of the country of Thailand. The second area that I will look at will be language. Language is an extremely important part of culture and some say that one cannot be found without the other. After that I will inform you about customs, traditions and taboos in Thai culture. This is a very important part of culture and is what shows the differences between cultures. Then I briefly tell you about the government and some national symbols, such as the flag, the symbol, colors, anthem, dress, and national day. Next, I will explain about religion in Thailand. In most cultures there is religion, but in Thailand it is interwoven into its whole culture and it is hard to separate the two. One other thing that I will include in this paper is a link to a page with pictures from my trip to Thailand.
Thailand is a tropical country which is part of the Indochina peninsula. Thailand is bordered in the north by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), in the east by Lao PDR and Cambodia, in the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and in the west by the Andaman Sea and the Union of Myanmar (Thailand Population 2013). The total land area is about 512,000 km2. The current population as of 2013 within the Kingdom of Thailand is about 69.52 million people, which is an approximate 6.2% increase from the population taken in the 2010 census (Thailand Population 2013). Every year in this beautiful country flooding in Bangkok is a critical issue which impacts the people of Thailand.
At the present time, one of the inseparable parts of the economic growth is considered as tourism industry. Commonly, tourism is the movement of people to other places for business or leisure purposes as well as covers their activities. Holloway and Humphreys defines that the places where tourists come and spend their money are called as “tourist destinations” in other words “receiving areas”. Many countries have been improving tourism to overcome economic difficulties since it is growing fast. The industry activities have been demonstrated a general positive trend in the economy and it has already become the inherent part of economic development. In host countries, tourism has led to such positive consequences as the improved infrastructure,