Useful Resources

Local Media

The Bangkok Post, The Nation, and Thailand Times are printed in English. Thai-language newspapers include Thairath and the Daily News.

Television is provided by a number of operators, such as:

• BBTV Channel 7 (owned by Royal Thai Army)
• Channel 9 TV (operated by the Mass Communications Organisation of Thailand (MCOT), a government agency)
• Independent Television - ITV (part-owned by prime minister's office)
• Television of Thailand - TVT- Channel 11 (operated by National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT), part of government Public Relations Department)
• Thai TV3 (operated by government agency MCOT)
• TV5 (owned by Royal Thai Army)

The National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) also runs a national radio network and external service, whilst government agency MCOT runs MCOT Radio Network, with provincial networks and stations in Bangkok. Army Radio is a network owned by Royal Thai Army.

Tourist Boards in UK

Tourism Authority of Thailand, 3rd Floor, Brook House, 98-99 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6EE, tel (0870) 900 2007, fax (020) 7925 2512.