О. А. Жбиковская

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ УКАЗАНИЯ

ПО ТУРИСТСКОМУ СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЮ:

КУЛЬТУРА ТАЙЛАНДА

ОМСК 2011

Министерство транспорта Российской Федерации

Федеральное агентство железнодорожного транспорта

Омский государственный университет путей сообщения

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О. А, Жбиковская

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ УКАЗАНИЯ

ПО ТУРИСТСКОМУ СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЮ:

КУЛЬТУРА ТАЙЛАНДА

Утверждено редакционно-издательским советом университета

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Методические указания по туристскому страноведению: культура Таиланда / О. А. Жбиковская; Омский гос. ун-т путей сообщения, Омск 2011. 30 с..

В указаниях представлены основные особенности тайской культуры: исторические, культурные, национальные, гастрономические, которые необходимо учитывать при посещении страны, при составлении туров и отправке туристов в Таиланд.

Методические указания могут быть использованы при подготовке студентов к семинарским занятиям и в их самостоятельной работе.

Предназначены для студентов третьего курса специальности "Социо-культурный сервис и туризм", а также могут использоваться в качестве дополни-тельного материала при изучении профессионального английского языка.

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Рецензенты: канд. филол. наук, доцент И. Н. Кубышко;

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ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

Введение…………………………………………………………………………	5
1. The tourist destination of Thailand …………………………………………...	6
2. History…………………………………………………………………..........	7
3. People and culture …………………………………………………………….	8
4. Calendar and holidays ………………………………………………………..	10
5. Places to see and activities to do …………………...…………………………	12
6. Talk …………………………………………………………………………...	17
7. Religion……………………………………………………………………..…	18
8. Eat .………………………………………………………………………..…..	19
9. Respect ……………………………………………………………………..…	24
Библиографический список……………………………………………………	29

ВВЕДЕНИЕ

Методические указания составлены в соответствии с программой изучения «туристского страноведения» по специальности социально культурный сервис и туризм.

Успешная межкультурная коммуникация всегда требует понимания особенностей реализации общих принципов и норм в конкретной культуре. Азиатские страны, некогда очень далёкие и недосягаемые, стали популярными дестинациями у российских туристов. Требования к специалисту в сфере туризма подразумевают знания межкультурных различий, так как незнание таковых может привести к неприятным и непредсказуемым последствиям. Данные методические указания как раз способствуют обогащению знаний студентов в области межкультурной коммуникации, позволят спрогнозировать и скорректировать своё поведение при общении с представителями тайской культуры, учитывая нормы, обычаи и традиции этой страны.

В вузовском курсе «туристское страноведение» предусмотрено изучение особенностей культуры наиболее посещаемых туристских центров. Для наилучшего обеспечения данного процесса необходимо помочь студентам в освоении культурных, исторических, гастрономических особенностей отдельно взятой страны. Именно оказание такой помощи и является основной целью настоящих методических указаний. Структура работы соответствует цели, методические указания содержат девять разделов на различные темы. Контрольные вопросы после каждой темы позволят студентам закрепить пройденный материал.

1. The tourist destination of Thailand

Thailand officially the Kingdom of Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia with coasts on the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. It borders Myanmar (Burma) to the north-west, Laos to the north-east, Cambodia to the south-east and Malaysia to the south.

With great food, a tropical climate, fascinating culture and great beaches, Thailand is a magnet for travellers the world over.

Garlanded statue, WatHYPERLINK "http://wikitravel.org/en/Bangkok/Rattanakosin" HYPERLINK "http://wikitravel.org/en/Bangkok/Rattanakosin"Rajanadda, Bangkok

Thailand is the most popular tourist destination in Southeast Asia, and for a reason. You can find almost anything here: thick jungle as green as can be, crystal blue beaches that feel more like a warm bath than a swim in the ocean and food that can curl your nose hairs while tap dancing across your taste buds. Exotic, yet safe; cheap, yet equipped with every modern amenity you need, there is something for every interest and every price bracket, from beach front backpacker bungalows to some of the best luxury hotels in the world. And despite the heavy flow of tourism, Thailand retains its quintessential Thainess, with a culture and history all its own and a carefree people famed for their smiles and their fun-seeking sanuk lifestyle. Many travelers come to Thailand and extend their stay well beyond their original plans and others never find a reason to leave. Whatever your cup of tea is, they know how to make it in Thailand.

This is not to say that Thailand doesn't have its downsides, including the considerable growing pains of an economy where an agricultural laborer is lucky to earn 100 baht per day while the nouveau riche cruise past in their BMWs, Bangkok, the capital, is notorious for its traffic jams and rampant development has wrecked much of once-beautiful Pattaya and Phuket. In heavily touristed areas, some lowlifes have made scamming tourists into an art form.

2. History

The earliest identifiably Thai kingdom was founded in Sukhothai in 1238, reaching its zenith under King Ramkhamhaeng in the 14th century before falling under the control of the kingdom of Ayutthaya, which ruled most of present-day Thailand and much of today's Laos and Cambodia as well, eventually also absorbing the northern kingdom of Lanna. Ayutthaya was sacked in 1767 by the Burmese, but King Taksin regrouped and founded a new capital at Thonburi. His successor, General Chakri, moved across the river to Bangkok and became King Rama I, the founding father of the Chakri dynasty that rules (constitutionally) to this day.

Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only South-East Asian country never to have been colonised by a foreign power, and fiercely proud of the fact. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. During World War II, while Japan conquered the rest of Southeast Asia, only Thailand was not conquered by the Japanese due to smart political moves. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. After a string of military dictatorships and quickly toppled civilian Prime Ministers, Thailand finally stabilized into a fair approximation of a democracy and the economy boomed through tourism and industry. Above it all presided King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), the world's longest-reigning monarch and a deeply loved and respected figure of near-mythic proportions.

In September 2006, a swift and bloodless military coup overthrew populist tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra's democratically elected but widely criticized government, exposing a fault line between the urban elite that has ruled Thailand and the rural masses that supported Thaksin. Thaksin went into exile and a series of unstable governments followed, with the successors of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party and the royalist-conservative People's Alliance for Democracy duking it out both behind the scenes and, occasionally, out in the streets, culminating in Bangkok's airports being seized and shut down for a week in November 2008. As of 2009, things have quieted down, but the political scene remains in flux and the direction of the country once the ailing King passes away is a question mark.

Questions

1) Why is Thailand the most popular tourist destinations in the Southeast Asia?

2) When was the kingdom of Thailand founded ?

3) Which dynasty has been ruling the country for ages?

4) Which fact of its history does the country proud of?

5) Which facts can negatively influence the tourism in the country?