Thai or Central Thai is the official language in Thailand and is spread into many different varieties but all together, about 66.5 million people speak Thai in a number of countries including China, Vietnam and the USA as well. Today, the number of Thai speaking Internet users worldwide is at 8.4 million and growing. The Thai language is in fact a combination of 4 major dialects and 6 other differentiating forms of Thai, yet 60% of the population in Thailand speaks Central Thai. Thai is closely related to Lao, spoken in neighboring Laos.

Since most Thai speakers in the world live in Thailand, accessing the Thai markets means going through Thailand. Thailand is in fact a growing economic power, with a population of about 64.6 million, GDP of about 475 billion dollars and a growing number of skilled workers in IT and offshore outsourcing fields. Quality commercial real estate, growing skilled labor force, increased incentives for investing and a newly restructured financial sector are just some of the reasons why Thailand is becoming more and more present on the international business market. Fully accessing the Asian market, means reaching the 66.5 million native Thai speakers in the world as well, a substantial market in itself.

Thai search engines directory:
	Thai - MSN http://th.msn.com/ Thai - Google http://www.google.co.th/ Thai - Yahoo http://asia.yahoo.com/thailand/ Sanook http://www.sanook.com Hunsa http://www.hunsa.com Siam Guru http://www.siamguru.com ThaiLander http://www.thailander.com/ Only websites fully translated into Thai are eligible for inclusion in the Thai Yahoo.