• THAILAND WINS FOUR GO ASIA AWARDS HONOURING BEST SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR TRAVEL TO ASIA AT ITB BERLIN 2010
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS THE SWEDISH GRAND TRAVEL AWARD FOR ‘THE BEST TOURIST DESTINATION 2010’ FOR THE 8th CONSECUTIVE TIME
  
  
  
• IGATO – THE GLOBAL GOLF TOURISM ORGANIZATION AWARDS
  THAILAND VOTED GOLF DESTINATION OF THE YEAR FOR ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA FOR 2010
  
  
  
• 2010 NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’ AND ‘BEST INTERCONTINENTAL AIRLINE’
  The Kingdom of Thailand Wins the Award for the Seventh Consecutive Year
  

• HOTEL CLUB AWARDS 2009
  THAILAND IS ‘MOST POPULAR DESTINATION’
  
  
  
• DANISH TRAVEL AWARDS 2009:
  THAILAND IS ‘BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’ FOR DANISH TRAVELLERS FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE YEARS
  
  
  
• ASIA SPA AWARDS 2009
  THAILAND VOTED 'ASIAN SPA CAPITAL OF THE YEAR'
  Hong Kong, November 12, 2009
  
  
  
• TOURISM AUTHORITY OF THAILAND (TAT) UK ANNOUNCES 2009 GREEN AWARD WINNERS
  
  
  
• 2009 BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC AWARDS
  BANGKOK WINS 2009 BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC AWARDS FOR ‘BEST LEISURE DESTINATION IN THE ASIA PACIFIC’
  
  
  
• GOLFERS' CHOICE AWARDS 2008-2009, HONG KONG
  THAILAND IS NAMED THE GOLFERS' CHOICE AWARDS 2008-2009 ‘CHOICE VACATION DESTINATION’
  
  
  
• 14th ANNUAL TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS
  
  
  
• BEST SPAS IN ASIA ANNOUNCED
  28 Spas and Wellness Centers Honored at Asia Spa & Wellness Festival Gold Awards; China lead with five awards
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS GO ASIA AWARD 2009 FOR ‘MOST FAVOURED ASIAN DESTINATION’
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS PRESTIGIOUS GRAND TRAVEL AWARD FOR ‘THE BEST TOURIST DESTINATION 2009’ FOR THE 7th CONSECUTIVE TIME
  
  
  
• 2009 NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’ AND ‘BEST INTERCONTINENTAL AIRLINE’
  

RESULTS OF READERS' POLLS & SURVEYS 2009

• ROYAL CLIFF BEACH RESORT REPRESENTS PATTAYA, THAILAND IN ‘10 MOST BEAUTIFUL AND WORLD CLASS BEACH RESORTS’
  
  
  
• THAILAND VOTED FAVOURITE SAILING VENUE IN ASIA
  Phuket King’s Cup Regatta remains the most popular and is voted the best regatta in Asia
  
  
  
• CNN GLOBAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM SURVEY REVEALS THAILAND OFFERS BEST VALUE FOR MONEY IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION
  
  
• ‘HOTTEST DESTINATIONS’ IN THE 2009 AFTONBLADET READERS' POLL:
  THAILAND RANKS NO. 1 IN ‘SUN AND BEACH OUTSIDE OF EUROPE’
  
  
  
• NEW POST OFFICE HOLIDAY COSTS BAROMETER
  TRAVEL AFAR FOR BEST VALUE IN 2009
  Thailand Heads the Field as the Cheapest Destination
  

• THAILAND WINS 2008 IRISH TRAVEL TRADE NEWS (ITTN) AWARD FOR
  “BEST ASIA/AUSTRALASIA DESTINATION”
  
  
  
• GLOBAL TRAVELER – GT TESTED READER SURVEY AWARDS 2008:
  Bangkok Wins Global Traveler – 2008 GT Tested Reader Survey Awards for
  ‘Best International Business City’
  
  
  
• FAMILY BUDGET RESORT IN THAILAND HONOURED IN RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARDS
  
  
  
• SPA ASIA CRYSTAL AWARDS 2008
  KAMALAYA KOH SAMUI VOTED WINNER FOR BEST WELLNESS RETREAT
  
  
  
• ASIA SPA WARD FOR 'BEST DESTINATION SPA OF THE YEAR' 2008
  KAMALAYA KOH SAMUI ADDS ‘BEST DESTINATION SPA OF THE YEAR’ TO ITS HONOUR LIST
  
  
  
• ASIASPA AWARDS 2008
  THAILAND WINS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF AWARDS
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS 2008 DANISH TRAVEL AWARDS FOR BEST TOURIST COUNTRY
  
  
  
• CHIVA-SOM WINS TWO AWARDS: SPA-GOERS’ FAVORITE SPA IN THAILAND, AND TOP 10 SPAS IN THE BEST MEDICAL PROGRAM CATEGORY IN SIXTH ANNUAL SPAFINDER READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
  
  
  
• BANGKOK, CHIANG MAI RANKED ASIA’S BEST CITIES BY LEADING U.S. TRAVEL MAGAZINE
  
  
  
• FOUR SEASONS RESORT CHIANG MAI VOTED #1 SPA IN ASIA AND #7 HOTEL IN THE WORLD BY TRAVEL + LEISURE (US EDITION) WORLD’S BEST AWARDS, AUGUST 2008
  
  
  
• JW MARRIOTT PHUKET RESORT & SPA WINS SMART TRAVEL ASIA AWARD 2008
  
  
  
• 2008 BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC AWARDS
  Bangkok and Phuket Lead Among Leisure Destinations in the Asia Pacific
  
  
  
• ROYAL CLIFF BEACH RESORT BECOMES THE FIRST HOTEL PROPERTY IN THE WORLD TO WIN 5 “BEST OF AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2008”
  
  
  
• THE KLONG RUA VILLAGE ECOTOURISM PROJECT IN RANONG
  The Klong Rua Village Environmental Education Programme:
  Winner of the PATA Gold Awards 2008 in the Environment Award Category
  
  
  
• CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER MAGAZINE READERS' TRAVEL AWARDS - TOP 100
  SIX SENSES HIDEAWAY SAMUI VOTED 'BEST IN THE WORLD'
  
  
  
• SMART TRAVEL ASIA.com MAGAZINE TOP 10 BEST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD
  Thai Airways International among the top 10 best airlines in the world
  
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN) AWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
  ANDAMAN COAST COMMUNITY TOURISM EFFORTS WIN SEED AWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  
  
  
• TRIPADVISOR’S 2008 TRAVELERS CHOICE® DESTINATIONS AWARDS
  Six Thai Destinations Win the 2008 TripAdvisor® Travelers Choice® Destination Awards
  
  
  
• TODAY’S TRAVELLER PLATINUM AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FAMILY HOLIDAY DESTINATION OF 2008
  
  
  
• JW MARRIOTT PHUKET RESORT & SPA WINS THAILAND’S LEADING HOTEL AWARD FROM WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2008
  
  
  
• DUSIT INTERNATIONAL AWARDED “THE BEST HOTEL GROUP IN ASIA”
  
  
  
• 13th ANNUAL TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS
  BANGKOK NAMED WORLD’S BEST CITY 2008
  
  
  
• ANANTARA GOLDEN TRIANGLE WINS
  ‘THAILAND’S LEADING SPA RESORT’ AT THE WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS
  
  
  
• ANANTARA GOLDEN TRIANGLE NAMED IN ‘WORLD’S MOST RESPONSIBLE HOTELS’ BY FORBES TRAVELER
  
  
  
• X LIFE MAGAZINE’S SPORTS AWARD 2008 FOR “THE MOST VIBRANT TRAVEL DESTINATION”
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS TWO AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AT 2008 KOREA WORLD TRAVEL FAIR IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  The Best Booth Design Award and The Best Folklore Performance Award
  
  
  
• 2008 TRAVEL AGE WEST WAVE AWARDS:
  THAILAND WINS THE 'BEST OF THE BEST TRAVEL AGE WEST WAVE AWARD FOR
  DESTINATION WITH HIGHEST CLIENT SATISFACTION – ASIA'
  
  
  
• KON-TIKI THAILAND WINS 2008 PROJECT AWARE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AWARD
  
  
  
• 2008 SWEDISH ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’
  
  
  
• CHIANG MAI’S HOBBY HUT PUPPET THEATRE WINS INTERNATIONAL MARIONETTE FESTIVAL AWARD
  
  
  
• 2008 NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’ AND ‘BEST INTERCONTINENTAL AIRLINE’
  

RESULTS OF READERS' POLLS & SURVEYS 2008

• FutureBrand Country Brand Index 2008
  THAILAND NAMED BEST COUNTRY BRAND FOR VALUE FOR MONEY & RANKS AMONG TOP-5 FOR AUTHENTICITY, NIGHTLIFE AND SHOPPING
  

• 2007 RES VARLDENS BASTA RESOR AWARDS
  (The World Best Travel Award)
  
  
  
• TRAVEL WEEKLY CHINA MAGAZINE AWARD
  THAILAND — "THE BEST DESTINATION FOR LEISURE — SHORT HAUL
  
  
  
• TOP DESTINATION FOR HOSPITALITY FOR THE 2007 WORLD TRAVELLER AWARDS BY WORLD TRAVELLER MEDIA (CHINA) IN DECEMBER 2007
  
  
• PROMOTION OF THE TRAVEL DESTINATION AWARD — THAILAND 2007 BY TRAVEL AGENT MAGAZINE IN DECEMBER 2007
  
  
• BEST ADS (APPROVED DESTINATION STATUS) — THAILAND 2007 BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (CHINESE LANGUAGE) IN APRIL 2007
  
  
• WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2007 – THAILAND'S LEADING RESORT
  
  
  
• WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2007 — ASIA’S LEADING SPA CONSULTANCY
  
  
  
• 14TH ANNUAL WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS — THAILAND'S LEADING GOLF RESORT AWARD
  
  
  
• CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER AWARDS — BEST CITY IN ASIA
  BANGKOK WINS TOP HONORS
  
  
  
• DANISH TRAVEL AWARDS 2007 – BEST TOURIST COUNTRY
  
  
  
• 2007 LIBUR-TRAVERAMA TOURISM AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL
  DESTINATION
  Libur & Traverama Readers Give Vote to Bangkok
  
  
  
• 2007 PATA GRAND AND GOLD AWARDS
  
  
  
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  2007 TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS
  INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADES FOR THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND
  
  
  
• 2007 TRAVEL AGE WEST WAVE AWARDS:
  Thailand among Top-5 in Asia for 'Destination with Highest Client Satisfaction'
  
  
  
• 2007 CHRISTOFLE ASIA BOATING AWARDS:
  Phuket Voted Asia's Maritime Capital at Chrisofle Asia Boating Awards
  
  

• 2007 ‘GO ASIA BEST TRAVEL DESTINATION’ AWARD
  
  
  
• 2007 SWEDISH ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’
  
  
  
• 2007 DESTINASIAN ‘BEST CITY DESTINATION FOR LEISURE’ AWARD
  
  
  
• NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR 'WORLD'S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY' 2007
  
  
  
• 2007 IRISH TRAVEL TRADE NEWS (ITTN) AWARDS:
  BEST ASIA/AUSTRALASIA DESTINATION
  
  
  
• 2007 NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘THE WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY
  

RESULTS OF READERS' POLLS & SURVEYS 2007

• BEST TRAVEL BRANDS 2007
  THAILAND RANKINGS AT A GLANCE
  2007 SMART TRAVEL ASIA “BEST IN TRAVEL” POLL
  
  
  
• THREE THAI ECO-FRIENDLY RESORT PROPERTIES IN THE TOP-5
  IN THE AGODA 'TOP-10 GREEN HOTELS IN ASIA'
  

• 2006 ASIAN GOLF MONTHLY AWARDS
  THAILAND – 1st CHOICE ASIAN DESTINATION FOR GOLFERS
  • Best Golf Destination in Asia – Thailand
  • Best Clubhouse in Asia – Thai Country Club
  • Best New Course in Asia – Amata Spring Country Club
  
  
• 2006 RES VARLDENS BASTA RESOR AWARDS
  (The World Best Travel Award)
  
  
  
• CHIVA-SOM NAMED ‘FAVOURITE SPA’ IN THE 2006 BRITISH TRAVEL AWARDS
  
  
  
• ASIA TRAVEL AND TOURISM CREATIVE AWARDS 2006
  SPECIAL TOURISM AWARD – FAVOURITE ATTRACTION
  
  
  
• 2006 TIME READERS’ TRAVEL CHOICE AWARDS:
  Phuket and Bangkok Named TIME Readers' 'Favourite Holiday Destination in Asia'
  
  
  
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  2006 TRAVEL+LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS:
  Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiva-Som Destination Spa Joins Ranks of the World's Finest
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS TWO AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AT 19th KOREA WORLD TRAVEL FAIR IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  THE BEST BOOTH DESIGN AWARD 2006
  THE BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD 2006
  
  
  
• 2006 TRAVEL AGE WEST WAVE AWARDS
  EDITOR’S PICK: BEST ASIAN COUNTRY FOR A CULTURAL TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
  
  
  
• 2006 HONG KONG GOLF MEDIA GOLDEN BALL AWARD
  The Best Destinations for Hong Kong Golfers
  THAILAND TOPS FOR HONG KONG GOLFERS
  
  
  
• ARABIAN TRAVEL MART INAUGURAL NEW FRONTIERS AWARD 2006
  Arabian Travel Mart praises Thai resort for its outstanding resilience and positive contribution to tourism development in aftermath of Tsunami devastation.
  
  
  
• 2006 LIBUR/TRAVERAMA TOURISM AWARD:
  Thai Tropical Island of Samui Wins Awards for 'Premier International Destination'
  
  
  
• PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVING INSTRUCTOR (PADI) ASIA PACIFIC MEMBER AWARDS 2006
  Ao Nang Divers Representing Thailand awarded the Tourism Award for the Asia Pacific region
  
  
  
• SWEDISH ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘THE WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’
  
  
  
• JW MARRIOTT PHUKET RESORT & SPA IN 2006 TRAVEL & LEISURE MAGAZINE'S WORLD'S READERS' POLL BEST VALUE AWARDS
  
  
• 2006 NORWEGIAN ‘GRAND TRAVEL AWARD’ FOR ‘THE WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY’
  
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATORS (IABC)
  GOLF QUILL AWARD 2006
  
  
• RES MAGAZINE 2006 ‘BEST TOURIST LONG-HAUL DESTINATION’ AWARD
  
  
• RES MAGAZINE 2006 ‘BEST ISLAND’ AWARD
  
  
• RES MAGAZINE 2006 ‘BEST FOOD COUNTRY’ AWARD
  
  
• RES MAGAZINE 2006 ‘BEST GOLF DESTINATION’ AWARD
  
  
• RES MAGAZINE 2006 ‘SIX BEST BIG CITY’ AWARD
  
  
• AFTONBLADET.SE ‘PLACE WE WANT TO GO DURING 2006’ AWARD
  
  
• ASEAN TOURISM ASSOCIATION ‘BEST NEW ASEAN NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION AWARD 2006’
  
  
• BEST TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE AWARD 2006
  10th WORLD FESTIVAL OF PUPPET ART IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
  Joe Louis Traditional Thai Puppet Theatre
  
  
  
• EMIRATES WORLD HOLIDAYS 2006 AWARDS
  'MOST POPULAR TOURISM DESTINATION'
  
  
• EMIRATES WORLD HOLIDAYS 2006 AWARDS
  'TOP DESTINATION FOR OUTBOUND TRAVEL BY TRAVELLERS USING EMIRATES HOLIDAY'
  

• FutureBrand Country Brand Index 2005
  THAILAND RANKS 8th IN TOP OVERALL COUNTRY BRANDS
  
  
  
• THAILAND NAMED ‘THE WORLD’S BEST CHARTER DESTINATION’ 2005:
  PHUKET ACCLAIMED BY SCANDINAVIAN TRAVELLERS
  
  
  
• PHUKET AWARDED 2005 ‘STAR OF TRAVEL’ AWARD FOR ‘BEST DESTINATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA’
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS PRESTIGIOUS GRAND TRAVEL AWARD
  FOR ‘THE BEST TOURIST DESTINATION 2005’
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS PRESTIGIOUS NORWEGIAN GRAND TRAVEL AWARD
  FOR ‘THE WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY 2005’
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  TRAVEL + LEISURE WORLD’S BEST SPAS
  Travel + Leisure ‘The World’s Best Awards 2004’
  
  
  
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  THE BEST IN THE WORLD
  Condé Nast Traveler's 2004 Readers’ Choice Awards
  
  

• THAILAND, BALI, AUSTRALIA TOPS IN APPEAL:
  DestinAsian’s 2004 Readers’ Poll
  
  
  
• BANGKOK IN THE TOP-5 CITIES FOR LONG-HAUL MEETINGS AND
  INCENTIVE TRAVEL
  
  
  
• THAILAND VOTED ‘THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATION’
  IN ‘REISE & PREISE’ TRAVEL SURVEY
  
  
  
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  January 14, 2004
  Lonely Planet survey of independent travellers finds Thailand
  and Italy are hot favourites.
  
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS PRESTIGIOUS SCANDINAVIAN GRAND TRAVEL AWARD
  FOR "THE WORLD’S BEST TOURIST COUNTRY 2004"
  
  
  
  
• JW MARRIOTT PHUKET RESORT & SPA VOTED "BEST HOTEL SPA IN ASIA"
  Plus Second Placing in World's Top 25 Category
  At Condé Nast Traveller Magazine's Awards in London
  

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  WORLD'S BEST AWARDS 2003
  BANGKOK - BEST CITY IN ASIA;
  THE PENINSULA BANGKOK - WORLD'S BEST HOTEL
  
  
  
• THAILAND WINS PRESTIGEOUS SCANDINAVIAN TRAVEL AWARD
  FOR "BEST TOURIST COUNTRY 2003"