Fast Facts on Thailand

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Date Added: 31st May 2009 The most popular Thai food dish eaten outside of Thailand is probably Pad Thai, which is quite bizarre, as the origins of this dish are not even from Thailand, but instead from China!.

Date Added: 30th May 2009 The total amount of foreign visitors to Thailand during 2008 was 14.5 million, an increase of just 0.5% over 2007.Of that total 52% of the visitors were from Asia, with Malaysia having the highest number, then Japan, China & Korea. The most foreign visitors from Western countries, came from the U.K., the U.S.A., Australia and then Germany.

Date Added: 29th May 2009 The average pay for a manual worker in Thailand is approximately 185baht/day($5.30/day), in China it is 110baht/day($3.15/day)& in the U.S.A. it is 1,650baht/day($47/day). Of the 2005 estimate of 39 million working population in Thailand,agriculture employed 42%, manufacturing industry 21% & consumer services 37%.

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