Talk:Historical parks of Thailand

Where was the list taken from? It doesn't list Wiang Kum Kam which was made a park in 2000. — KayEss | talk 12:10, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * The list is originally from the Lonely Planet guidebook (not sure which edition, have it at home), and also a bit from one edition of the Trips magazine about all those 8 parks. It's of course possible that that latest addition wasn't incorporated - or maybe it's like the Pa Hin Ngam National Park which is also created but not yet (AFAIK) officially gazetteered. andy 14:48, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * The Fine Arts Department on their list of historical parks (sadly only the Thai version is that detailled) just list the ten original ones, but does not mention Wiang Kum Kam. Also a google search of &#3648;&#3623;&#3637;&#3618;&#3591;&#3585;&#3640;&#3617;&#3585;&#3634;&#3617; together with the word for historical park (&#3629;&#3640;&#3607;&#3618;&#3634;&#3609;&#3611;&#3619;&#3632;&#3623;&#3633;&#3605;&#3636;&#3624;&#3634;&#3626;&#3605;&#3619;&#3660;) give zero results - thus I suspect it's not an official historical park, but maybe just a park managed by the province? andy 16:11, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Seems that different authorities have different ideas. I can't get your link to work http://www.finearts.go.th/ppark.htm (404 error). Many Thai sites don't set the character encoding (as Thais always have Thai encoding set as default) which means that often search engines don't correctly index the Thai thinking it's a mess of European characters. This is the reference I used though:
 * Following the restoration of the ancient monuments by the 4th Regional Office of the Fine Arts Department in 1974 to 1975, Wiang Kum Kam was designated a historical park in 2000. Tourism Authority of Thailand News
 * I suppose that there may be more than one Thai status that is translated into English as 'Historical Park' and that's causing the confusion, or they're just not that efficient at updating the web sites. I've been planning on going back there at some point and I'll see what I can find then.   — KayEss | talk 11:27, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


 * That weblink was moved slightly, it's now at http://www.finearts.go.th/th/ppark.php. But it seems the only way to be sure is to find someone of the Fine Arts Department you can answer. But to ask in english means having low chances of a (good) answer. andy 11:31, 5 August 2005 (UTC)