List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand

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

Location of sites

Ban Chiang

Ayutthaya

Sukhothai (Sukhothai)

Sukhothai (Si Satchanalai)

Sukhothai (Kamphaeng Phet)

Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai (Khao Yai)

Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai (Thap Lan)

Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai (Pang Sida)

Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai (Ta Phraya)

Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai (Dong Yai)

Thungyai–Huai Kha Khaeng (Thungyai Naresuan)

Thungyai–Huai Kha Khaeng (Huai Kha Khaeng)

Location of World Heritage Sites within Thailand

Inscribed sites

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site		Udon Thani Province	Cultural: (iii)	64 (160)	1992
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex		Saraburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo and Buriram Provinces	Natural: (x)	615,500 (1,521,000)	2005
Historic City of Ayutthaya		Ayutthaya province	Cultural: (iii)	289 (710)	1991
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns		Sukhothai and Kamphaeng Phet Provinces	Cultural: (i), (iii)	11,852 (29,290)	1991
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries		Kanchanaburi, Tak and Uthai Thani Provinces	Natural: (vii), (ix), (x)	622,200 (1,537,000)	1991

Tentative List

The following 5 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
Phimai, its Cultural Route and the Associated Temples of Phanomroong and Muangtam		Buriram, Nakhon Ratchasima and Surin Provinces	Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi)	—	2004
Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC)	150x150px	Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan Provinces	Natural: (x)	482,225 (1,191,600)	2011
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat	150x150px	Nakhon Si Thammarat Province	Cultural: (i), (ii), (vi)	137 (340)	2012
Phuphrabat Historical Park		Udon Thani Province	Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)	500 (1,200)	2004
Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna		Chiang Mai Province	Cultural: (i),(ii), (iii),(vi)	-	2015

Current Status

In July 2015 the Thai Government requested the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in Bonn, Germany 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, the committee decided to refer the nomination because of concerning on serious human rights violation toward Karen people in the Kaeng Krachan National Park and asked Thai Government to resubmit the nomination again after resolve the problem.

Thai Government nominates Phu Phra Bat Historical Park to be country's next cultural World Heritage Site and resubmits Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (KKFC) for the 40th session of World Heritage Committee at Istanbul, Turkey in 2016.

Future Plans

Thai Government announced plans to nominate Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan and the Great Swing, and the Architecture of HRH Prince Narisara Nuvattiwongse to be country's next tentative sites from the list of 11 sites which including Bangkok's Chao Phraya River Banks and The Death Railways.

Site	Image	Location	Criteria
The Architecture of HRH Prince Narisara Nuvattiwongse	150x150px	Bangkok	Cultural
Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan and the Great Swing	150x150px	Bangkok	Cultural
The Cultural Landscape of Chao Phraya River		Bangkok	Cultural
The Death Railways		Kanchanaburi Province	Cultural
Si Thep Historical Park		Si Thep District, Phetchabun Province	Cultural
Wat Ratchanaddaram Worawihan and the Vicinity	150x150px	Bangkok	Cultural
The Prehistoric and Cultural Sites of Nan	150x150px	Nan Province	Cultural
The Cultural Route of Chaiya, Thailand to Kedah, Malaysia		Phatthalung Province, Songkhla Province, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Surat Thani Province	Cultural
The Cultural Landscape of Chiang Saen, Suwannakhomkham and Associated Early Historic Settlements along the Mekong River		Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province and Ton Pheung District, Bokeo Province in Laos	Cultural
Phra Pathom Chedi, The Great Pagoda	150x150px	Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom Province	Cultural
Andaman The World Heritage	150x150px	Phang Nga Province, Krabi Province, Phuket Province, Ranong Province, Satun Province, Trang Province	Natural

See also

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