# Thailand restaurant and food-route research package

Version: 2026-05-15

## Promoted cities

- Ayutthaya: first-class snack/heritage food route
- Bangkok: first-class food route + gold/shopping support
- Chanthaburi: first-class food + gem/fruit vertical
- Chiang Mai: first-class northern food route
- Chiang Rai: northern food support + walking-street route
- Hat Yai: first-class food/shopping/border-route
- Pattaya: first-class seafood/crowd/base split
- Phuket: first-class UNESCO-adjacent gastronomy route

## Research-only or support nodes

- Buriram: event/heritage route food support
- Cha-am: merged Hua Hin–Cha-am beach-food support
- Chonburi: support province; split from Pattaya
- Hua Hin: first-class merged beach-town food route
- Kanchanaburi: river/rail stay-food support
- Khon Kaen: Isan food-route candidate; source gaps
- Krabi: Andaman base + local/southern food support
- Lopburi: route-only food support
- Mae Hong Son: loop-route town food support
- Nakhon Phanom: Mekong Vietnamese-Isan food route candidate
- Nakhon Ratchasima: Korat market/Isan food route candidate
- Nakhon Si Thammarat: southern culture/food candidate; source gaps
- Nan: quiet northern food candidate
- Nong Khai: Mekong Vietnamese-Isan anchor
- Nonthaburi: Bangkok metro river-island food support
- Pai: small-town walking-street + local food route
- Pathum Thani: support node / market supply logic
- Samut Prakan: airport/east-Bangkok seafood support
- Songkhla: old-town food-culture support node
- Sukhothai: heritage noodle/heat-break food route
- Surat Thani: ferry-buffer food support
- Trang: first-class breakfast/roast-pork/Andaman food route
- Ubon Ratchathani: Isan/Vietnamese/festival city food route