List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated five World Heritage Sites in Thailand. The last designation was in 2005, approximately fourteen years ago. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Inscribed sites

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Historic City of Ayutthaya		Ayutthaya province 14°20′52″N 100°33′38″E	Cultural: (iii)	289 (710)	1991
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns		Sukhothai and Kamphaeng Phet Provinces 17°0′26″N 99°47′23″E	Cultural: (i), (iii)	11,852 (29,290)	1991
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries		Kanchanaburi, Tak and Uthai Thani Provinces 15°20′N 98°55′E	Natural: (vii), (ix), (x)	622,200 (1,537,000)	1991
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site		Udon Thani Province 17°32′55″N 103°47′23″E	Cultural: (iii)	64 (160)	1992
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex		Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo and Buriram Provinces 14°20′N 102°3′E	Natural: (x)	615,500 (1,521,000)	2005

Ban Chiang

Ayutthaya

Sukhothai

Si Satchanalai

Kamphaeng Phet

Khao Yai

Thap Lan

Pang Sida

Ta Phraya

Dong Yai

Thungyai Naresuan

Huai Kha Khaeng

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Location of World Heritage Sites in Thailand. Red: cultural sites, green: natural sites.

Tentative list

The following 6 sites are on the tentative list for Thailand, meaning that the government intends to consider them for nomination in the future:

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Phuphrabat Historical Park		Udon Thani Province 17°42′N 102°22′E	Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi)	500 (1,200)	2004
Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC)		Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan Provinces 13°14′N 5°5′E	Natural: (x)	482,225 (1,191,600)	2011
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat		Nakhon Si Thammarat Province 24°47′N 99°57′E	Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi)	137 (340)	2012
Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna		Chiang Mai Province 18°47′43″N 98°59′55″E	Cultural: (i),(ii), (iii),(vi)	—	2015
Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated landscape		Nakhon Phanom Province 16°56′33″N 104°43′26″E	Cultural: (i),(ii),(vi)	—	2017
Ensemble of Phanom Rung, Muang Tam and Plai Bat Sanctuaries		Buriram Province 14°31′55″N 102°56′25″E	Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v)	—	2019
The Ancient Town of Si Thep		Phetchabun Province 15°27′58″N 101°09′02″E	Cultural: (ii), (iii)	—	2019

Current status

In 2005, the Wat Suthat, including the Giant Swing, was proposed as a UNESCO world heritage site.

In July 2015 and July 2016, the Thai Government requested the World Heritage Committee at its 39th and 40th sessions in Bonn, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey to consider the inscription of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC), while IUCN and the World Heritage Committee recognized the outstanding universal value of the site, in 2015, the committee decided to refer the nomination because of concerning on serious human rights violation toward Karen people in the Kaeng Krachan National Park. In 2016, the committee decided to refer the nomination again after received concern from Myanmar Government on unclear border demarcation between Thailand and Myanmar on the western site of Kaeng Krachan National Park.

Thai Government nominated Phu Phra Bat Historical Park in 2016, but decided to withdraw after received recommendation from ICOMOS to redraft the nomination dossier.

In 2018, plans to nominate Si Thep Historical Park to the world heritage list was being planned by various Thai sectors. However, in March 2019, the government announced an oil exploration project to be conducted by the much-criticized Eco Orient Resources Corporation within the buffer zone of the park, effectively destroying any possibility for the site's inclusion in the world heritage list.

Performance of Thailand in UNESCO

UNESCO List	Exclusive Entries of Thailand	Shared/Multinational Entries Involving Thailand
UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves	4	—
UNESCO World Heritage List	5	—
UNESCO Memory of the World Register	5	—
UNESCO Global Geoparks Network	1	—
UNESCO Creative Cities Network	4	—
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists	2	—

See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia
• List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
• List of World Heritage Sites in Malaysia

References

• "Detailed list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Thailand with large pictures".