Welcome to Trat Province

Name of the province

Country

Provincial Logo / Symbol

Trat

Thailand

Provincial Map

Land Area

Bordering Provinces / Countries

2,819 sq.km.

North: Chanthaburi province of Thailand, and Battambang province, Cambodia

South: Gulf of Thailand

East:  Koh Kong and Pothisat province of Cambodia

West: Chanthaburi province of Thailand

Temperature (℃)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

33/22

33/23

34/25

35/26

35/27

35/26

34/26

34/26

33/26

33/25

33/25

33/24

Total Amount of Rain

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

64.2

9.19

33.61

59.48

379.9

344.53

280.3

413.39

367.5

419.66

143.7

38.8

Brief Description of the Provincial Policy / Strategy

Provincial Strategy:

1. Develops basic infrastructure and social services, as well as maintains the local culture of the province sustainability for Trat population to have the good quality of life.
2. Promote and develop agricultural products and community products to standard quality. To increase farmers and community income under the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy.
3. Encourage and develop eco-friendly tourism and tourism links to the international level.
4. Promote and develop trade and border trade systems, to support Trat as a gateway to Indochina.
5. Conservation, rehabilitation, and management of natural resources and environment to remain sustainable
6. Strengthen internal security and peace along the border and coast including good relationships with the international.

Source: Trat Provincial Development plan 2015-2018, office of the Official Information Commission, http://www.oic.go.th/FILEWEB/CABINFOCENTER12/DRAWER008/GENERAL/DATA0000/00000352.PDF (Accessed 31 Aug,2017)

Total Population

Population Density (km2)

Ratio of Male of the total

Ratio of Female of the total

229,435 persons

81.4 sq.km.

114,181

115,254

Age from

0-18 Years Old

Range of Age from
19-49 Years Old

Range of Age from

50-60 Years Old

Range of Age from
60 and over Years Old

53,581  persons

99,320  persons

29,429  persons

33,653  persons

Name of Major Ethnicity 1

Name of Major Ethnicity 2

Name of Major Ethnicity 3

Name of Major Ethnicity 4

Name : Thai

Ratio in %: 8.38%

Name : Cambodian

Ratio in %: 13.5%

Name : Burmese

Ratio in %: 2.2%

Name : Others (Hill tribes)

Ratio in %: 0.5%

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) / Gross Provincial Product (GPP)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Currency $USD) *

Gross Provincial Product (GPP)
(Unit $USD) *

GPP /Capita
(Unit $USD) *

GPP Growth Rate
(in %)

 109,684.62 million USD

(3,744,633 million baht)

*exchange rate @34.14THB/USD

(Data Year 2014)

1,083.74 million USD

(36,999 million baht)

5,215 USD

3.13%

(Data Year 2014)

Key Sector (Priority)

Major Products / Goods

1)   Agriculture

1)   Beverage, Sugar, Dairy products, Fruits          

2)   Tourism                                                                                           

2)    Tourism: Islands                                                       

3)    Fishery                                                                                          

3)     Fishery                                                                

4)    Export                                                                                            

4)     Household products, beverage                                         

5)    Logistics                                                                                       

5)     Logistics                                                                 

Brief Description of the key sector 1) in the province:

Agricultural products: Fruit (Seasonal)

Trat province is a climate that is conducive to the cultivation of various fruits, so it is a famous province as a delicious fruit market such as durian, rambutan, longan, salacca wallichiana and pineapple etc. (Fruit will be available in the middle of April onwards, the new release period price range will be slightly high)

Brief Description of the key sector 2) in the province:

Trat is a province in Eastern Thailand, consisting of many large and small islands which some of them have already become major tourist destinations. Well-known for its beautiful islands and beaches, Trat also has a list of interesting attractions for tourists. With its rich natural resources and convenient access by road transportation and daily commercial flights, Trat has a high potential in becoming Thailand’s major tourist destination city. The province is divided into 7 districts; Mueang Trat, Khlong Yai, Laem Ngop, Ko Kut, Ko Chang, etc. 

Source: https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Trat Accessed 31 Aug, 2017

Brief Description of the key sector 3) in the province:

N/A

Labor and Employment

Labor and employment in Trat province is characterized by cyclical labor migration. It is an agricultural area, the population is the labor force of the province who live in the agricultural sector majority to help households in farming. When the harvest season is over, they will move to find jobs in industrial sectors in other provinces and will move back to the agricultural sector again in the growing season. This cycle is like a cyclical every year. This may cause some shortage of labor in some seasons. There are also employing 3 foreign nationals (Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia) as labor force around 17.97% of the total of labor work force of the province.

Minimum Labour Wage in USD

Labour Force Employed

Labour Force Unemployed

8.79 USD (300 THB) per day

162,769

504

Trade (import and export)

Major Export from the province

Product name 1 :

Beverage, soft drink

Product name 2 :

Sugar

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Price in USD :

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Price in USD :

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Destination :

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Destination :

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Product name 3 :

Milk, dietary supplement

Product name 4 :

Motorcycle

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

Destination :

N/A

Destination :

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Major Import to the province

Product name 1 :

Automotive wire set

Product name 2 :

Garment

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

From (Country) :

N/A

From (Country) :

N/A

Product name 3 :

Coconut

Product name 4 :

Fresh and chilled sea-fish

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Volume (Unit eg. Kg. /Ton / Litre / piece)

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

Price in USD :

N/A

From (Country) :

N/A

From (Country) :

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Economic Zone 1

Economic Zone 2

Name:

Trat Special Economics Zone

Baan Hat Lek (Border Trade Area)

Eg. Sa-van-SENO Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZA)

Name:

Border trade area (Ta-Sen Natural Border Trade Area)

Location (city/district):

Hat Lek Sub-district, Klongyai District, Trat (Border of Thailand and Cambodia)

Eg. Phetsalah Rd., kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet Province, Lao P.D.R. P.O Box:200.

Location (city/district):

Leam Klad Sub-district, Mueng District, Trat

Specificity/

Specialty:

Border Trade

Eg. There is three different part in SaSEZ:
- Zone D (old A): Services (hotels, shopping centers…).
- Zone B: Logistic (truck terminal, warehouse…).
- Zone C: Trade + Industries (copper & tin manufacturing, spare parts…).

Specificity/

Specialty:

Trade between villagers of Thailand and Cambodia people (Tamorka village, Tamoka sub-district, Viengwell district, Phothisat province of Cambodia)

No. of Industries:

N/A

Eg. 26 (registered), 16 (started buildings), capacity for hundreds of them.

No. of Industries:

N/A

Types of Investment

Foreign Investment

N/A

Joint Venture

N/A

Industrial Statistic in the Province

Categories of Industry

No. of factory

Capital Investment (USD)

Employment

Hose Power

Male

Female

N/A

444

128.49 Million USD

3,164

1,525

158,630.71

Eg. 21 industries comprising of 

agriculture, food, beverage, textile, wearing apparel, leather, wood, furniture, paper and product, printing, chemical, petrochemical, rubber, plastic, non-metal, metal, metal product, machinery, electricity, transportation, others                                               

691

9,828,262,931 Thai Baht

6,265

5,501

196,704.71

Tourism Statistic

Number of Hotel / Hostel/accommodation

Number of Rooms of Hotel / Hostel / Accommodations

Number of Tourist

Average expenditure per person per day in USD

370

10,850

Foreigners : 448,023

Local : 1,416,041

Thai: 66.99 USD (2,287.12 THB)

Foreigners: 87.63 USD (2,991.81 THB)

Financial Service

Business Insurance & Assurance Service

Research and Development Center for Business and Production

Electricity

Provincial Electricity Authority Trat

There are 82,081 users using electricity in the province, energy sales 511,397,073 kWh.

Energy sales 156,026,020 kWh to residential, 79,070,035 kWh to small general service, 139,095,485 kWh to medium general service, 63,709,662 kWh to large general service and 73,495,871 kWh to others.

Water Supply

Provincial Waterworks Authority Trat

There are 24,292 users using water in the province, water produced 7,865,161 cubic meters, and water sold 5,472,462 cubic meters.

Road

Driving distance from Bangkok to Trat is 320 km. Driving time from Bangkok Airport to the mainland pier is around 4 and a half hours.   From the center of Bangkok add on another 30 minutes to an hour. 

Follow the motorway out of Bangkok until you see Highway 344 to Trat city then Join Highway 3 near Klaeng and then, about 23km outside Trat, turn left at the T-junction with 3156 to the pier for traveling to Islands.

Transportation

Bus

Air-con buses with toilets run between Trat town and Bangkok's Ekkamai (Eastern) terminal every 30 minutes to an hour until 23:30, costing 270 baht and taking around six hours. The first bus leaves Ekkamai at 5:00, Trat at 7:00. 

Air-con buses run between Trat and Morchit (Northern) terminal in Bangkok roughly every three hours from 8:30 to 17:30. A Morchit bus also departs in either direction at 23:00. 

All Trat-bound buses will stop in Chanthaburi, and most buses to/from Morchit stop at Suvarnabhumi Airport. 

Minibuses also run between Trat bus station and Bangkok's Ekkamai terminal roughly every hour from 5:00 to 19:00, costing 270 baht and taking around five hours. These can be booked through guesthouses for 300 baht including pick up. 

Bookable only through guesthouses, a minibus departs at 13:00 daily for Khao San Road in Bangkok, costing 350 baht. 

Source: Travelfish.org: https://www.travelfish.org/transport/thailand/eastern_thailand/trat/trat/all, Accessed 31 Aug, 2017

Train

N/A

Airplane

Located some 30 km west of Trat town, Trat airport is serviced only from Bangkok by Bangkok Airways who have three flights a day with discounted fares starting at around 2,500 baht.

Source: Travelfish.org: https://www.travelfish.org/transport/thailand/eastern_thailand/trat/trat/all, Accessed 31 Aug, 2017