The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Dubai and Middle East Office

officially launched its "Jump to Amazing Thailand" initiative on Sunday, March 1st, 2009 at the Abu Dhabi Hilton Hotel, with a seminar and workshop targeting principals and head teachers of the U.A.E's leading international schools.

The initiative, a first by an international tourism authority to directly target international schools within the Middle East, aims to promote awareness of Thailand as a quality and value for money school camp destination. As part of the campaign, educational programmes and experiences focusing on various themes such as the environment, culture, history and other specialized fields of study are offered as options and tailor-made to meet the curriculum and scholastic needs of schools.

Thailand and Prathet Thai, literally means “land of the free” and its capital is Bangkok or Krung Thep, meaning “city of angels”). Geographically, Thailand has a land area of 513,115 sq.km. And is divided into four distinct areas: the mountainous North, the fertile Central plains, the Sami-arid pleatues of the Northeast, and the many beautiful tropical beaches & off shores islands of the Southern peninsula. The Kingdom of Thailand is one of the finest countries in the world in which to spend a vacation. Blessed with a tropical climate that is neither too hot, too dry, nor too wet in the monsoon season, it is possible to travel comfortably in Thailand at any time of the year.