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1、Thailand1.BeriefIntroduction2.SocialEtiquette3.FineryEtiquette4.DiningEtiquette5.TabooBriefItroductionThailand,officiallytheKingdomofThailand,formerlyknownasSiam,isacountrylocatedatthecentreoftheIndochinapeninsulainSoutheastAsia.ItisborderedtothenorthbyBurmaandLaos,totheeastbyLaosandC
2、ambodia,tothesouthbytheGulfofThailandandMalaysia,andtothewestbytheAndamanSeaandthesouthernextremityofBurma.ItsmaritimeboundariesincludeVietnamintheGulfofThailandtothesoutheast,andIndonesiaandIndiaintheAndamanSeatothesouthwest.Thailandisdividedinto76provinces,whicharegatheredinto5group
3、sofprovincesbylocation.Therearealso2specialgoverneddistricts:thecapitalBangkokandPattaya,ofwhichBangkokisatprovinciallevelandthusoftencountedasaprovince.Thailandistheworld's51st-largestcountryintermsoftotalarea,withanareaofapproximately513,000km2,andisthe20th-most-populouscountry,with
4、around64millionpeople.ThecapitalandlargestcityisBangkok,whichisThailand'spolitical,commercial,industrialandculturalhub.About75%ofthepopulationisethnicallyThai,14%isofChineseorigin,and3%isethnicallyMalay,therestbelongtominoritygroupsincludingMons,Khmersandvarioushilltribes.Thecountry's
5、officiallanguageisThai.TheprimaryreligionisBuddhism,whichispracticedbyaround95%ofthepopulation.Thailandexperiencedrapideconomicgrowthbetween1985and1996,andispresentlyanewlyindustrializedcountryandamajorexporter.TourismalsocontributessignificantlytotheThaieconomy.Thereareapproximately2
6、.2millionlegalandillegalmigrantsinThailand,andthecountryhasalsoattractedanumberofexpatriatesfromdevelopedcountries.SocialEtiquetteMeetingEtiquette1.Thewaiisthetraditionalformofgreeting,givenbythepersonoflowerstatustothepersonofhigherstatus.2.Thaisgenerallyusefirstratherthansurnames,wi
7、ththehonorifictitleKhunbeforethename.Khunisanall-purposeformofaddressthatisappropriateforbothmenandwomen.3.Ingeneral,waitforyourhostandhostesstointroduceyoutotheotherguests.Thisallowseveryonetounderstandyourstatusrelativetotheirown,andthusknowwhoperformsthewaiandhowlowtheheadshouldbeb
8、owed.
