How much do you know about Thailand? Do you know the difference between you and Thailand?

At the 4th academic conference of Zhuang Xue, which is being held in Tianyang, Guangxi, China, Chinese and Thai scholars agreed that the Thai people in Thailand and the Zhuang people in China have the same origin, but there are differences in their later development.

Xinhua News Agency reported that there are more than 50 million ethnic Thai people in 73 provinces in Thailand; The Zhuang are the largest ethnic minority in Chinese, with more than 17 million people, mainly living in the southern provinces of Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong, which are adjacent to Southeast Asian countries.

The conclusion of the "Homologous and Heterogeneous Currents" of the Zhuang and Thai Nationalities comes from the Comparative Study of the Traditional Culture of the Zhuang and Thai Nationalities, which is the result of the cooperation between the Guangxi Society of Ethnic Studies of China and the University of the Arts of Thailand, and a total of 55 Chinese and Thai researchers participated in the compilation.

According to reports, the study covers 15 disciplines, including archaeology, sociology, linguistics, culture and art, and architecture.

Scholars involved in the study believe that the Tai and Zhuang ethnic groups jointly originated from the Xiou and Luoyue ethnic groups in the Baiyue ethnic group, and the areas covered include the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the mainland and the Red River Estuary Delta in northern Vietnam.

Chinese and Thai scholars believe that there are similarities between the Tai and Zhuang in many aspects such as language, architecture, and religious customs. For example, the vowels and consonants of Zhuang and Thai are roughly the same; More than 75 of the 1,000 older basic words are the same or similar, and in terms of grammatical structure, Zhuang and Thai are identical.

In addition, both the Zhuang and Thai ethnic groups like the bar-and-dry architecture, and the structure of the house, its name and even the living customs are basically the same, but the roof form and decoration and the layout of the house are different.

Although the costumes of the Zhuang and Thai ethnic groups are different in color, the tone is very similar, such as both like to dye indigo, both advocate yellow, wide clothes and wide skirts, and children's hats are also quite similar.

In terms of diet, both ethnic groups eat rice as their staple food, while.

3. AllThailand is a country with simple folk customs and charming scenery.

The Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: commonly known as Thailand (Thai: is a constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia.

Thailand is located in the middle of the Indochina Peninsula, bordered by Myanmar and the Andaman Sea to the west, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the southeast, and Malaysia to the south. On May 11, 1949, the Thai people changed "Siam" to "Thai" with the name of their own people, mainly to take the meaning of "freedom".

Thailand implemented a liberal economic policy, and in the 90s of the 20th century, its economic development was relatively fast, and it became one of the "four Asian tigers", but it suffered a major setback in the "98 economic crisis", and then fell into recession and stagnation. It is one of the world's newly industrialized countries and one of the world's emerging market economies. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are the main sectors of the economy.

Thailand is the only net exporter of grain in Asia and one of the world's top five exporters of agricultural products. The electronics industry and other manufacturing industries are developing rapidly, the industrial structure has changed significantly, and the automobile industry is a pillar industry, which is the automobile manufacturing center of Southeast Asia and the largest automobile market in ASEAN. Thailand is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world.

Thailand is a country of Buddhism, and most Thais believe in Erawan Buddha. Buddhists make up more than ninety percent of the country's population.

Thailand is a member and founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the World Organization.

Foreigners and other countries are not affected Overall, the current political situation and demonstrations do not pose any danger to foreigners residing in Thailand and foreign tourists who are about to visit Thailand. At present, except for the ** building, the parliament building and the surrounding areas, Bangkok and the rest of Thailand remain in normal condition. Thailand's tourist attractions and shopping malls have not been affected and are operating safely and on time.

Hotels and other tourist facilities, including all airports, remain in normal operation. Rail transport services have resumed normal operations throughout the country. In terms of road traffic, all roads are open except for the closure of the Bangkok** building.

Utilities and communication services are uninterrupted. Thousands of foreign tourists come to Thailand every week.

It's about the same as the Philippines. Just look at the recent events in the Philippines and see the chaos.

If you live here for a while, you will like this place, and I will tell you that I can't understand it for a while.

I've been there 3 times and it's very nice. Prices are very low, but they are still higher than on the mainland.

The scenery is also good, and the greenery is much stronger than in the north of the mainland. There's just the heat and the language barrier, everything else.

Very beautiful, funny movies, tall buildings.

Nowadays, more and more people in China are fond of traveling, and according to statistics, the number of outbound tourists has increased year by year in recent years. This is inseparable from the prosperity of the motherland, and with the development of China's economy, many Chinese also have more funds in their hands that can be used at will. At this time, people will explore the world for more than a trillion yuan, but people still have to work, and there is not much time to travel for themselves, so people prefer to travel to countries around China, which can not only save more time to travel, but also experience exotic customs.

In recent years, there have been more and more Chinese tourists visiting Thailand, and many people who have been to Thailand have come back with a feeling that Thailand is not a very rich country, and in fact it is. The overall price of goods in Thailand is similar to that of many second-tier cities in China, and it is still very small compared to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. But in Thailand, like China, there are also large differences in prices between different cities.

However, contrary to our country, the smaller the city in Thailand, the higher the price, while the larger the city in China, the higher the price. Today, I will tell you what the price of goods in Thailand is, take Bangkok as an example.

Let's talk about "live" first

In Thailand, there are generally more small houses. If you rent a house in a place with a general environment, the ** of a single room is generally about 1,000 yuan, and after adding water and electricity, it is almost 1,300 yuan. You may think that this ** is relatively high, that is because the electricity bill in Thailand is very high, and it costs RMB for one degree.

In places with a better environment, the one-bedroom apartment with water and electricity costs about 2,000 yuan. But a house at this price has a lot of amenities, such as swimming pools, gyms, etc.

Let's talk about "eating".

In Thailand, a meal is about 10 yuan, and you can eat a lot of food. Thai beef is generally more than 10 yuan a catty, but green vegetables are more expensive, and a cabbage costs about 5 yuan. There are a lot of roadside stalls in the Thai mountain roll, eating at the roadside stalls**and making their own at home ** is about the same, 40 yuan a day is enough, and you can eat very good, about 1000 yuan a month is enough to eat.

As we all know, fruits in Thailand are very cheap, and you can buy a bunch of bananas for 5 yuan in the market, and many fruits are very cheap. There is also the fact that the big fruits in Thailand are bought by the individual, such as watermelon, which can be bought for about 7 yuan.

Finally, let's talk about "OK".

Because the transportation facilities in Thailand are not particularly developed, the most expensive thing in Thailand is the transportation fee. It costs 3 yuan to take a subway station, and it usually costs about 1,000 to 2,000 yuan a month for a taxi.

Thailand has always been one of the most popular overseas destinations for tourists from China and China. Beautiful scenery, cheap prices, convenient visas, and close culture, the most attractive of which is the ** advantage, but if there is no ** advantage in Thailand, I will choose other similar tourist destinations and no longer travel to Thailand.

Tourism in Thailand has encountered unprecedented difficulties. Due to the situation, Thailand's tourism industry has been almost shut down for three years. It wasn't until February this year that China** resumed the outbound group tour pilot and listed Thailand as one of the first destinations to open up.

This should have been good news, and countless Chinese who want to travel abroad have set their sights on Thailand. But when they really started planning their trip, they found that Thailand was not the same as it used to be.

1,**Soaring.

At present, air tickets between key cities in Thailand and China** are double the pre-level ones, and the average cost of Chinese tourists per trip has soared from 50,000 to 10,000 baht to 60,000 or even 150,000 baht, or about 10,000 to 30,000 yuan.

This means that a trip to Thailand can cost about the same amount of money as a trip to Europe. And this does not include additional expenses such as visa fees, testing fees, insurance costs, etc.

2. Experience declines.

As many restaurants, hotels, and attractions have closed their doors or laid off staff during the pandemic, the quality of service has been greatly reduced after the reopening.

The reasons for the decline in **** and service are not simple. On the one hand, there are indeed some merchants who want to take the opportunity to raise prices and make profits after seeing the recovery of Chinese customers; On the other hand, there are also many objective factors that lead to the decline in prices** and services.

1. Inflation.

According to the Bangkok Post, "Thailand's consumer price index hit a 13-year high in December 2021 year-on-year**". Among them, energy ****, food and non-alcoholic beverages****.

2. Manpower shortage.

Due to the pandemic, many Thais who are engaged in the tourism industry have lost their jobs or changed careers, resulting in a shortage of manpower after the reopening. In addition, due to the low vaccination rate, many employees are also worried about the risk of infection and are reluctant to contact foreign tourists.

3. Imbalance between supply and demand.

Since China is the largest source of tourists for Thailand's tourism industry, while other countries have not yet fully opened their travel channels, the Thai tourism market has been one-sided.

This creates a phenomenon of a "seller's market", where there is less supply and more demand, **naturally**. And because of the reduced competition, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of service.

Everyone's expectations and affordability for travel are different. Some people may feel satisfied as long as they can go abroad to see the scenery; Some people may feel that it is not worth spending so much money; Some people may feel like waiting for a better time before going.