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Kwai River Bridge

It will connect three international airports;
Transport Hub Don Mueang International Airport, Suvarnab-
humi Airport and U-Tapao Airport located on
Welcoming a record number of 35 million the east coast, on the Gulf of Thailand.
visitors in 2017, Thailand has become one of the
world’s most bustling business hubs. By far one Bangkok´ s public transport network including
of the most well-developed transport networks the BTS, MRT and Airport Rail Link is already
in the ASEAN region, getting around Thailand undergoing expansion into suburban areas
is convenient and efficient. Its accessibility is like Samutprakan and Rangsit. For maritime
among the best in Southeast Asia, thanks to its transport options, there are eight international
strategic geographical location bordered by ports in operation, including four private ports
four ASEAN countries, namely Malaysia, Laos, equipped for handling shipping containers.
Cambodia and Myanmar.
Finally, Thailand’s aviation industry is set to take
Thailand currently has five transport networks off in the next few years with plans to improve
covering land, sea and air. A highly-developed flight infrastructure and airport facilities.
railway network is seeing a major upgrade with The country currently has more than 105
work starting on a high-speed rail project international airlines servicing its major entry
between Bangkok and Hua Hin and Bangkok point at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok,
and Rayong, as well as a Thai-Japanese high- and at least 15 low-cost carriers which use
speed train linking Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Don Mueang International Airport as their base.
Combined, the two airports are expected to
One of the large-scale high-speed rail projects reach approximately 90 million passengers for
being undertaken is the development of the 2018. A new runway and an additional passen-
ECC, or Eastern Economic Corridor. Scheduled ger terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport is also
to start construction in 2022, this billion-baht expected to increase passenger capacity by
investment project is set to advance the 50 percent when it opens in 2021.
rise of Thailand’s Eastern Seaboard.

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