Thailand

This chapter contains useful facts for visitors, including tips for etiquette, acquiring visas, and local business culture. It also provides a suggested list of hotels, contact information for embassies, hospitals and other important institutions, and contains a feature piece exploring the national cuisine of Thailand and its myriad influences.

Featuring a legal framework viewpoint from Yuthana Promsin, Partner and Co-founder of Jus Laws & Consult, this chapter examines Thailand’s status as a regional investment hub while guiding business investors through the legal system, with particular focus on foreign ownership.

Featuring a tax viewpoint from Andrew Jackomos and Paul Ashburn, Senior Partners at BDO Advisory, this chapter explains Thailand’s tax framework and how investors can prepare for the transition into the tax regime under the ASEAN Economic Community.

A long-awaited switch to digital TV and the expansion of the numbers of TV channels is taking place, bringing with it greater openness and competition within the nation’s leading media platform. Thailand also continues to develop its production side, with demand for content likely to surge as the new channels come on air, drawing on the country’s strong tradition in film and IT. Four of the six...

The agriculture sector’s contribution to GDP has fallen from an average of 32.19% during the 1960s to 23.2% in 1980 and 9% in 2000. However, by 2007 the share had risen to 10.7%, and recent estimates have suggested that the sector now accounts for some 13% of GDP. With its products renowned throughout the world, particularly its rice, Thailand has also been an important international granary at...

After years of rapid economic expansion and population growth, Thailand’s education system is facing strong challenges in areas such as quality and enrolment, the rural-urban divide, links between business and academia, and policy continuity. In September 2013 the education minister established a special committee to assess Thailand’s decline in international rankings for education and to produce...