Netherlands–Thailand Relations
Bilateral relations between Netherlands, the Netherlands and the Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand date back to 1604, as one of the earliest interactions between Europeans and Siamese. Thailand today is a popular tourist site for Dutch tourists, while the Netherlands is the largest EU invester in Thailand. The Netherlands operates an embassy in Bangkok, as well as consulates in Chiang Mai and Phuket. Thailand itself operates an embassy in the Hague, as well as consulate a in Amsterdam. History Origins In 1601, Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck became the first Dutch person to land in modern-day Thailand when he landed in Pattani, Thailand, Pattani, which was an independent sultanate. In December 1602, Pattani was visited again by two more ships owned by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Dutch would later establish a comptior (trading post) in Songkhla and Pattani in 1607. In 1608, King Ekathotsarot of Ayutthaya gave permission for the VOC to establish a trading post in the capital ...
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Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ...
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