Shopping in Thailand – RIGHT PRODUCT, AT THE RIGHT PLACE

SHOPPING IN BANGKOK

Bangkok is one of the best places in Asia for shopping. Visitors will be spotlighted for choice with the huge, glitzy shopping malls, department stores, small shops and bustling street markets. Bangkok has excellent night markets where there are many remarkable goods include Thai silks and cottons, leather goods, batiks, silver and gold, pottery with celandine green glaze, precious and semiprecious stones (in particular rubies and sapphires are indigenous to Bangkok), pearls, dolls, masks, painted umbrellas, lacquer ware, pewter ware, bamboo and wood artifacts, and bronze ware. One of the most well-known markets in Bangkok is the weekend market

‘Chatuchak’. and bronze ware. One of the most well-known markets in Bangkok is the weekend market ‘Chatuchak’. It is a regular cornucopia with hundreds of stalls stocking items ranging from genuine antiques to ﬁghting ﬁsh. Tailor-made clothes are also valuable and can be made in a matter of days once you are ever in Bangkok because the standard is very high. Duty free shops are located throughout the city where items can be purchased there and delivered to the airport in time for the departure ﬂight. Value Added Tax 7% can be refunded on goods bought in shops labeled ‘VAT Refund for Tourists’ where there is a minimum transaction of 2,000 including VAT.

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Shopping in Pattaya

BEST OF BANGKOK

The Support Arts and Crafts Interna-tional Centre of Thailand (SACICT) hosts this annual fair to promote the quality and image of handicrafts within the ASEAN community.
Visitors are welcome to browse the unique products at the exhibition and join a series of seminars and workshops. BITEAC Bangna I 10 -13 March 2016 10:00 -20:00 hrs. EH 101-102