| Thailand Travel Information
| Thai
Visa |
Most
visitors can stay for 30 days without a visa. |
| Health risk: |
AIDS, cholera, dengue fever,
Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and rabies. |
| Time: |
GMT+7 |
| Money: |
Foreign currencies can be
exchanged at banks (the best rates), hotels (which
charge with high commission), and bureau de change in
large towns. Credit cards including American Express,
MasterCard, and Visa are widely accepted. Travelers’
cheques are accepted by all banks, larges hotels, and
shops. Travelers’ cheques in US Dollars, Euros, and
Pounds Sterling are recommended. ATM machines are
available at the airports, hotels, and in large towns
throughout the country. |
| Internet
access: |
Internet
services are available at hotels and easily found in any
tourist areas in major cities. |
| Telephone: |
Each time of domestic call,
the area code is required even calling form the same
area as the destination number. For example, you are in
Bangkok and would like to reach a hotel in Bangkok; you
must press 02 (Bangkok area code) and follow by
telephone number. For international calls to Thailand
can be reached by dialing international access code,
follow with 66 (Thailand’s country code), area code
(omit 0), and telephone number. International calls from
Thailand are made by dialing 001 (International access
code for Thailand), followed by country code, area code,
and local number. International call services are
available at private phone booths and public phone as
well as hotels. |
| Office
hours: |
Most
government offices, including post office are open
Monday to Friday 08.30-12.00 and 13.00-16.30. Banks are
open Monday to Friday 08.30-15.30. |
| Transportation by Air |
Thailand’s national airline
is Thai Airways International (TG). Most of
international airlines stop at Bangkok International
Airport (Don Muang) which connects other international
airports in major cities, including Chiang Mai
International Airport and Phuket International Airport,
Departure tax is Bt500. |
| Transportation
by Sea |
The main
international port is Bangkok. Limited passenger
services are available. At several points along the
Mekong River, there are passenger crossing between
Thailand and Laos. Cruise lines calling at Thailand
include Holland, America, Orient Lines, Princess,
Radisson Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea, and Swan
Hellenic. |
| By Rail |
There are trains running to
Kuala Lumpur, with daily connections to Singapore,
Malaysia, and to the borders with Cambodia (At
Aranyaprathet) and Laos (At Nong Khai). |
| By Road |
Thailand
also has international roads connecting to Cambodia,
Malaysia, and Laos. Roads into Myanmar are not
officially open to tourist traffic. |
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