Thailand Business Guide - UK Trade & Investment
Thailand Business Guide - UK Trade & Investment
Thailand Business Guide - UK Trade & Investment
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INTRODUCTION<br />
WHY THAILAND? (CONTINUED)<br />
8<br />
MARKET STRENGTHS<br />
Key strengths of the Thai market for <strong>UK</strong> companies include:<br />
• Hub of South-East Asia, gateway to Indochina and Southern China.<br />
• Improved and modernised transportation facilities.<br />
• Well-developed infrastructure and upgraded IT and communication systems.<br />
• State-of-the-art industrial estates.<br />
• <strong>Thailand</strong> ranked nineteenth out of 183 nations by the World Bank’s Ease<br />
of Doing <strong>Business</strong> survey in 2011.<br />
• Good transport hub.<br />
• Low-cost skilled workers and labour.<br />
• Government efforts to make <strong>Thailand</strong> a foreign-investor-friendly market, for example<br />
by tackling bribery and corruption, and simplifying import regulations.<br />
• Wealth of experienced international legal advisers and business consultants.
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