Culture Ministry launches Thai Culture Mobile app
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Culture Ministry Thursday launched Thai Culture Mobile app to provide information about over 70,000 cultural tourist destination sites in Thailand.

Culture Minister Veera Rojpojanarat held a press conference at his ministry to announce the launch.

The Thai Culture Mobile app was developed with cooperation from the Science Ministry, the Information, Communication Technology Ministry, and the Silpakorn University.

Veera said the information and photos in the app have been revived to update the current cultural tourist destinations. The app can guide tourists to the destinations within the radius of 10 kilometres, he added.

Its information is available in Thai, Chinese and English, Veera said.

Its information is available in Thai, Chinese and English, Veera said.

Assoc Dr Parnchai Tharathassanawong, dean of Silapakorn's Graduate College, said the app is available for both iOS and Android operating systems.

She said her university has a plan to further develop the app to display in Japan, Korean, and French as well.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Culture-Ministry-launches-Thai-Culture-Mobile-app-30272778.html

-- The Nation 2015-11-12

Min of Culture's new app touts 70,000 tourist destinations

BANGKOK, 12 November 2015, (NNT) - The Ministry of Culture recently unveiled the ‘Thai Culture Mobile Application,’ offering smartphone users a collection of more than 70,000 cultural destinations and related information in the ASEAN region.

Culture Minister Weera Rojpojanarat explained the application would display cultural tourist attractions within a 10-kilometer radius from the phone’s location. He added that the mobile application contains cultural tourism information in Thai, Chinese and English about such venues as national parks, temples, traditional settlements, prehistoric cave sites and markets offering cultural goods.

The minister is confident that the application would satisfy the need of cultural tourists, students and cultural heritage enthusiasts, while promoting tourism in Thailand and ASEAN member countries. He said the application can be modified to include other related information, such as traditional accommodations and restaurants.

The application is now available for free on both Android and iOS devices.


-- NNT 2015-11-12

This app should make it more difficult for immigration to claim that 90 days are sufficient for a tourist to see Thailand. Let's say one destination per day, or even two. That should keep a tourist busy for the rest of his life.

Download your Android app here, if you can find it: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Thai%20Culture%20Mobile%20app

They must have listed all the massage parlors and go go bars in the country as well.

The How to report corruption button is broken.

Can't find it on the Play store.