List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand

Ban Chiang

Ayutthaya

Sukhothai

Si Satchanalai

Kamphaeng Phet

1

2

3

4

5

Thungyai Naresuan

Huai Kha Khaeng

6

7

8

9

Si Thep

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Location of World Heritage Sites in Thailand. Gold dots indicate cultural sites and green dots are natural. Numbers 1-5 mark the locations of Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex: 1. Khao Yai; 2. Thap Lan; 3. Pang Sida; 4. Ta Phraya; 5. Dong Yai; and numbers 6-9 mark the locations of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex: 6. Chaloem Phrakiat Thai Prachan; 7. Mae Nam Phachi; 8. Kaeng Krachan; 9. Kui Buri.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by signatories to the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention.^[1] Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.^[2] Thailand ratified the convention on 17 September 1987.^[3]

As of 2023^[update], Thailand has seven sites on the list. The first three sites were listed in 1991: Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns, Historic City of Ayutthaya, and Thungyai–Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries. The most recent site listed was the Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments, in 2023.^[3] Four of Thailand's sites are cultural and three are natural. Thailand also has six sites on the tentative list.^[3]