Thailand is highly regarded as a cost effective and geographically ideal regional base from which to keep international employees working all around Asia

Thailand continues to attract significant foreign investment. It has strong business links with China and has become an Asian economic leader.

Thailand has quality international schools, an excellent health care system and friendly cooperative people.

Thailand's foreign trade has suffered from Chinese competition sometimes offering the same product range in the same markets.

Investment is still too limited due notably to problems with access to financing faced by smaller companies.

Pollution - choking air pollution on Bangkok roads, mostly due to no enforcement against a small % of vagrantly violating vehicles