One of Thailand's chief attractions for the visitor is its rich culture, evident in its art, its spiritual attainments, and its enduring social values. Thais have used the wealth their land produced to create stunning art, architecture, and dance/drama. The range of its artistic production is not limited to architecture of palaces or temples but extends into arts and crafts.
TAT Chairman Somsak recently said, "Thailand is becoming increasingly popular as a place for long-stay visitors because of its good weather, inexpensive cost of living, high quality of medical services and recreational facilities."
The World Tourism Organization predicts Thailand has the potential to attract 32 million visitors by 2020. The average length of stay is about 8 days over the past 10 years. This fact illustrates that Thailand is the ideal place for longer stay.
Friendly people
Thailand is often called the "land of smiles", and rightly so because you will see more smiling people here than anywhere else in the world. Most Thais are not only friendly, polite and tolerant, they are also remarkably kind and patient. Adhered to the famous Thai smiles, there is a special word 'Sanook', used to express a sense of pleasure while souls having a fine time or enjoy being in good mood. 'Mai Pen Rai' means "never mind, it doesn't matter", it's another popular expression visitors will often hear, and one which serves well to illustrate the apparent ambivalence of the Thai people's nature.Visitors are highly esteem the pleasing and often smiling hospitality of Thai people that normally behave toward foreigners like as saying: "Don't be a stranger in Thailand..." Indeed, their smiling faces make it very easy to establish contacts.