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Introduction
In this activity you will perform web searches to find facts and general information about Thailand and then create a display to show and share your information.
 Tasks
- Answer the following questions, then perform some web searches to find more information about Thailand, particularly tourism and its effects, and add new information to your answers.
- What do you know about Thailand?
- What are your images of it?
- What do you want to know about Thailand and its people?
Some of the things about Thailand you might list could include: Thailand's population, climate, the distance between Australia and Thailand, its flag, anthem, language, religions, standard of living, and so forth.
- Find out more about Thailand and add two new pieces of information or images to your answers to each of the above three questions. Sources of material for this exercise include Internet sites, travel books and encyclopaedias.
- Create a map of Thailand on a notice board and add information to it as you learn more about Thailand. This could include photographs of key places, the Thai flag, a daily weather watch and items from Australian and Thai newspapers.
Websites
There are many sources of tourist information about Thailand on the Internet which may be useful for students investigating this unit. Following is a selection of recommended sites.
Good statistical information can be found on the Thailand page of the CIA World Fact Book website.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/th.html
Statistics and information about population and quality of life can be found at Sunsite.
http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/
General information, such as Bangkok's daily weather conditions, can be found at Intellicast.
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/IntlLocalStd.asp?loc=vtbd&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=Forecast&product=Forecast
Tourism Authority of Thailand information about Thailand
http://www.tourismthailand.org/about/aboutthailand.aspx
Lonely Planet - Destination Thailand
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/thailand/
Yahoo Travel Destinations: Thailand
http://au.travel.yahoo.com/guide/thailand/index.html General regional information for Bangkok and the north of Thailand is available at Infothai.
http://www.infothai.com/
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