Southeast Asia
Getting around Thailand
Between cities
Getting around Thailand
Cheap domestic flights link main cities; overnight sleeper trains run Bangkok–Chiang Mai and south; VIP buses, minivans and ferries cover the rest.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Grab, Bolt, inDrive.
- Driving: on the left. Drive with your home licence plus a 1949-Convention IDP; scooters need the motorcycle category or police fine you.
- State Railway of Thailand e-ticketing
- Airports of Thailand
Getting around by place
- BangkokGetting around
- PhuketGetting around
- Chiang MaiGetting around
- Koh SamuiGetting around
- KrabiGetting around
- Koh Phi PhiGetting around
- Koh PhanganGetting around
- PaiGetting around
- PattayaGetting around
- Koh TaoGetting around
- PatongGetting around
- Hua HinGetting around
- Chiang RaiGetting around
- AyutthayaGetting around
- Koh LantaGetting around
- RailayGetting around
Sources
- State Railway of Thailand e-ticketing
- Airports of Thailand
- US State Department travel advisory
- Thailand Digital Arrival Card (Immigration Bureau)
- Thailand e-Visa (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Tourism Authority of Thailand
- Speedtest Global Index: Thailand
- World Bank open data
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