Homestay: Offers A Unique Peek At Thai Culture

By Author: Ornthasa Wateemongkonchot
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There is a part of you that you have yet to discover

Most of the time you travel to discover new places. What if you could discover the other side of you during your journey? Through creative tourism experiences, visitors to Thailand can expect life-changing lessons revealing undiscovered part of themselves. From craft making to Thai boxing; learning about agricultural cornerstones such as rice farming to massage instruction; and lessons in preparing the unquestionable defining cuisine, local experts are eager to share their knowledge.

If you’re visiting Thailand, homestays are a great option that introduce you to Thai culture and offer unique opportunities only available in a family environment. You will be immersed in the local culture, which will help put you in the right frame of mind no matter what you’re studying, or even if you’re just on a relaxing visit. There are options in all parts of the country.

Homestays offer visitors the opportunity to stay with a family, usually rent a room in a house with a family and eat at least one meal a day with them.

For many years foreign students in ...
... Thailand have stayed with families with their schools arranging their homestays, but now it’s easy for anyone to organize living with a host family.

In Thailand, like in most countries, homestays are more common in rural areas and villages. In the north of the country, they are very popular in hill tribe villages, but they are available in all parts of the country.

They are an excellent cultural exchange, as the hosts will learn about the visitors’ country as the visitor learns about the host’s. Visitors can think of themselves as ambassadors from their countries of sorts, as the impressions they leave will remain with their hosts.

Homestays are a business, but there is much more to them than commercial activity. They are a sharing of culture and a step in better understanding between different peoples, as well as a very rewarding and enjoyable holiday.

Homestays can be arranged in most parts of Thailand, but are more established in the following cities and towns:

North

Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Uttaradit

South

Chumpon, Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket, Suratthani, Trang

Middle

Ayuddhaya, Ang Thong, Bangkok, Kanchanaburi,Nakhon Nayok, Nonthaburi, Prachuapkirikhan, Prachinburi, Samutprakarn, Samutsongkram, Singburi, Uthai Thani

Northeast

Amnat Charoen, Petchabun, Yasothon, Kalasin, Khonkaen , Loei,Mahasarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhonratchasima, Nong Bua Lam Phu, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Surin, Udonthani, Nhongkai

East

Chanthaburi, Rayong

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