•  The economy of Thailand is growing at a steady rate year by year with low inflation insuring you as a property owner that five, ten or twenty years from now your property will only increase in value as time goes on.

               •  Over 20,000 people have relocated in the Pattaya - Chonburi area alone to retire or to simply escape the harsh winters of Europe and North America . While the snow falls and the blizzards rage back home It is the cool season in Thailand with warm, balmy days, low humidity and cool evenings. Year around good weather provides countless opportunities for outdoor recreation. Thousands of miles of coastline and many islands afford water sports such as diving, deep sea fishing, sailing, or simply swimming and lolling about basking in the Sun and this is year around!! Golf is cheap and the Kingdom affords those that play the game a wide variety of courses designed to international standards by people such as Jack Nicklaus etc. One can golf year around in Thailand .

COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THAILAND

               •  The country has modern hospitals equipped with the latest most up to date equipment and are staffed by Doctors and Nurses many who have been trained in Europe and North America. Medical costs are a fraction of what you would pay back home and there is no waiting or booking far in advance.

               •  The urban and city areas have modern supermarkets such as Lotus, Macro and Tesco whose shelves and counters are stuffed with all the food you have back home whether it be steak, roast, pork or chicken you can get any cut of meat you desire and fresh diary products are available as well, milk, yoghurt, butter and cheese. Bakeries have types of breads, pastries, rolls and cakes from donuts to cracked whole grain wheat loaves to bagels and all at less than half the price back paid back home.

               •  Transportation is very inexpensive and everywhere available in the country with its great infrastructure of highways, railroads and airports. Many expats have their own automobiles, fuel is cheap being subsidized by the government and is far cheaper than Europe .

               •  Entertainment venues of all kinds exist from large movie houses, nightclubs and international restaurants serving food from all over the world to live music clubs featuring jazz, blues, karaoke and rock and roll.

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