"Facts are stupid things".
Ronald Reagan
• King Mongkut (1851 to 1868) was the first monarch to allow his subjects to look directly at his face.
• Bangkok city size is 1,570 square kilometers.
• 5,395 people died in Thailand in the 2004 tsunami (2,059 Thais, 2,436 foreigners and 900 unidentified)
(Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre)
• 30% of Thailand’s forested area covers 30% of the country as opposed to 60% ten years ago.
(Bangkok Post, December 27 2007)
• Bangkok has about 7,400 tuk-tuks.
(Bangkok Post, December 26 2007)
• Tourist arrivals to Thailand in 2006 totaled 13.82 million. The figure for 2007 is expected to be 14.8 million and the target for 2008 is 15.5 million.
(Tourist Authority of Thailand)
• The number of registered hotels in Thailand is projected at 5,908 with 333,405 rooms for 2007.
(CB Richard Ellis Research)
• Thailand’s current account is expected to total $12 billion for 2007.
(Bangkok Post, December 27 2007)
• The SET's market capitalisation rose to 6.52 trillion baht as of Dec 25 2007. Daily trading volume averaged 18 billion baht.
• The number of foreign patients receiving medical treatment in Thailand is forecasted to be 1.54 million in 2007 up from 1.4 million in 2006.
(Commerce Ministry)
