Communications

Road/Rail
Over 176,259 kilometres of national highways and rural roads link tiny hamlets with provincial capitals and major cities. The State Railway operates an efficient rail system linking Bangkok with northern, northeast and central Thailand while a southern route allows direct rail travel from Bangkok to Malaysia and Singapore. Despite the rapid growth of interprovincial buses, train travel is still popular with a large segmentof the population.

Air
Since its founding in 1960 Thai Airways International has enjoyed a remarkable success. The national carrier had the first all-jet fleet of any regional airline and pioneered jet services to once remote destinations such as Bali and Nepal.

Thai Airways provides an excellent domestic service, operating Boeing 737s between major cities, and Short 330s on feeder routes or to airports too small to accommodate jets.Thailand has 25 civilian airports, and 5 international airports Bangkok‘s Don Muang, Phuket, Hat Yai, Chiang Mai and U-Ta-Pao with Don Muang regularly served by the world's maj or airlines. Thai International, Thailand's
national carrier, operates regular wide—bodied jet services to 72 major cities in Europe, North America,the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Sea
Thailand has 5 major ports, in Bangkok, Laom Chabang, Sattahip,Map Tha Phut and Songkhla.

Telecommunications/Post
Thailand*s modern communications system primarily uses satellite, underwater cable, microwave,radio links and the recent fibre optic cables. The Telephone Organization of Thailand, the Communications Authority of Thailand, and the Post & Telegraph Department are responsible for public telecommunications and postal services, including domestic local and long distance public telephones, international telephone services, nationwide mail delivery, the regulation,management and monitoring of radio frequencies, and the Government Public Relations Department is responsible for the licensing of public and private radio communication stations.