Thailand

Thailand as a State Party to the World Heritage Convention

State Party since: September 17, 1987

Status: Acceptance

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee: 1989-1995, 1997-2003, 2009-2013, 2019-2023

Total of Mandate Years: 20

Total of Mandates: 4

WHC Electoral Group: IV (Asia/Pacific)

World Heritage Sites in Thailand (8)

Cultural: 5 | Natural: 3 | Mixed: 0

• Ban Chiang Archaeological Site · Cultural
• Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex · Natural
• Historic City of Ayutthaya · Cultural
• Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns · Cultural
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex · Natural
• Phu Phrabat, a testimony to the Sīma stone tradition of the Dvaravati period · Cultural
• The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments · Cultural
• Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries · Natural

Map of World Heritage Sites

Tentative World Heritage Sites (7)

• Phra Prang of Wat Arun Ratchawararam: The Masterpiece of Krung Rattanakosin · submitted: April 9, 2025
• Songkhla and its Associated Lagoon Settlements · submitted: April 11, 2024
• The Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand · submitted: December 18, 2021
• Ensemble of Phanom Rung, Muang Tam and Plai Bat Sanctuaries · submitted: April 11, 2019
• Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated landscape · submitted: February 2, 2017
• Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna · submitted: February 9, 2015
• Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat · submitted: August 28, 2012

Source: UNESCO Tentative Lists

Country Profile Thailand

Official Name: Kingdom of Thailand

Continent: Asia

Subregion: South-Eastern Asia

UNESCO Region: Asia and the Pacific

Capital: Bangkok

Population (2024): 71,668,011

Land Area: 510,890 km²

Currency: Thai baht (THB)

Country Data Sources

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UNESCO World Heritage Convention: State Party Thailand