Where would be an Ideal holiday location?

Question

with a two and a half year old? we would like somewhere where we can enjoy , but more importantly where our daughter will have a super time. We already live in warm climates and visit beaches almost every day but would still consider somewhere warm and with beaches. Any ideas where they cater for children would be very helpful.

Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The larger theme parks are very expensive, so I usually take my children to Tennessee. The Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area is LOADED with things that they enjoy. My youngest LOVES Dollywood, as they have a whole section of the park dedicated to that age group, and live entertainment all day every day.

Reasonably priced, especially compared to larger places like Disney and Universal.

Also, look into SplashCountry...it's awesome!

Answer 2

Defintly Thailand..! :-)

HEREZ  sm info bout' it.....

The Kingdom of Thailand (IPA: /ˈtaɪlænd/, Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, IPA: [râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj]) is an independent country in Southeast Asia. To its north lies Laos and Burma; to its east, Laos and Cambodia; to its south, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia; and to its west, the Andaman Sea and Burma. Its capital and largest city is Bangkok, called "Krung Thep Mahanakorn" in Thai. At 514,000 km² (198,000 sq mi) , Thailand is the world's 50th largest country in terms of land area, whilst it is the world's 28th largest country in terms of population. It is comparable in terms of population to countries such as France and United Kingdom, and is similar in land area to France and California, United States. The Thai language is Thailand's official language, written in its own script, and 95% of Thais are Buddhists of the Theravada branch. The culture of Thailand incorporates a great deal of influence from India, China, Cambodia, and the rest of Southeast Asia. Like most Asian cultures, respect towards ancestors and elders is an essential part of Thai spiritual practices. Thais have a strong sense of hospitality and generosity, but also a strong sense of social hierarchy. Seniority is an important concept in Thai culture. Elders have by tradition ruled in family decisions or ceremonies.

Thailand has one of the longest monarchies in history. It is the only Southeast Asian country that was not colonized by any European power. A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Thailand was known as Siam until 1939 when it was renamed. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Axis during World War II, Thailand became a US ally during the Cold War. Thailand is currently facing separatist violence in its three southernmost ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces which border Malaysia.

Peninsular Malaysia was once known as Tanah Melayu (Malay Land). It extends from Singapore to the Ithsmus of Kra bordering Burma, Thailand and Malay Land. Pukhet is Bukit(hill) in Malay, "Satun" is "Setoi" (a tropical fruit) was the Province of "Kedah" under the Malay Sultanate and Patani (Land of Farmers) was also part of the Malay Sultanate. In these areas people once spoke both Malay as well as Sam-sam, a local version of the Siamese language. The majority of residents were Muslims. Thailand tried to dominate the Peninsula as far as Malacca in the 1400s but failed.

In an effort to avoid constant harassment by Thai, the northern states of the Malay Sultanate started to present an annual gift to the Thai King in the form of a golden flower. The Thai kingdom looked on this as a form of tribute, while the Malay Sultan merely considered it a diplomatic present. When the British intervened in the Malay State, Thailand could no longer challenge the Malay Sultanate without antagonising the British. Under the Anglo-Siamese Treaty to build a railway from the south to Bangkok, Thailand relinquished sovereignty over what are now the northern Malay provinces of Kedah, Pelis, and Kelantan to the British. Determining the border was made not on basis of religion, but language. Since the Bukit and Setoi people of Kedah provinces and Patani speak the Samsam language, which is close to Thai, they were given to Thailand in spite of the fact that they were largely Muslim subjects of Sultan of Kedah. The British were content to leave the predominantly Muslim and Malay areas of Bukit, Setoi, and Patani under Thai control, as these areas had no valuable resources (such as tin) to be exploited, nor vast fertile land for plantation. This was a strategic mistake, as the province the Japanese infiltrated into the Malay Peninsula in the Second World War in 1942 and the Malayan Communist Party (CPM) from 1948 to 1998 until the CPM lost its support from Vietnam and China after the Cultural Revolution and decided to sign for peace with the Malaysian and Thai Governments. Recent insurgent uprisings are a continuation of fighting for freedom which started after World War II with Sukarno's support for the PULO and has intensified with US President Bush's initiation of the War on Terror. The Muslims of Patani realise the disparity between them in Thailand compared to their cousins in Malaysia who progress and prosper. The cry for autonomy in the south has fallen on deaf ears in the Thai Government.

Thailand exports an increasing value of over $105 billion worth of goods and services annually. Major exports include rice, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rubber, jewelery, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances. Thailand is the world’s biggest exporter of rice, exporting about 6.5 million tons of milled rice annually. Rice is the most important crop in the country; farming thus is the occupation done by most people of the country.

[edit] Etymology

The country's official name was Siam (Thai: สยาม; IPA: [saˈjaːm], RTGS: Sayam origin unknown) until 23 June 1939,[3] when it was changed to Thailand; it was renamed Siam between 1945 and 11 May 1949, after which the name Thailand was once again adopted. The word Thai (ไทย) is not, as commonly believed to be, derived from the word Tai (ไท) meaning "free" in the Thai language; it is, however, the name of an ethnic group from the central plains (the Thai people).[citation needed] A famous Thai scholar argued that Tai (ไท) simply means "people" or "human being" since his investigation shows that in some rural areas the word "Tai" was used instead of the usual Thai word "khon" (คน) for people [4]. With that in mind the locals seemed to have also accepted the alternative meaning and will verbally state that it means "Land of the free".[citation needed]

Ratcha Anachak Thai (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย) means "Kingdom of Thailand" or "Kingdom of Thai". Etymologically, its components are: -Ratcha- (from Sanskrit raja, meaning "king, royal, realm", from Sanskrit) ; -ana- (from Pāli āṇā, "authority, command, power", itself from Sanskrit ājñā, same meaning) -chak (from Sanskrit chakra, meaning "wheel", a symbol of power and rule).

[edit] History

Main article: History of Thailand

See also: Peopling of Thailand

The region known today as Thailand has been inhabited by humans since the paleolithic period (about 10,000 years ago). Prior to the fall of the Khmer Empire in the 13th century, various states thrived there, such as the various Tai, Mon, Khmer and Malay kingdoms, as seen through the numerous archaeological sites and artifacts that are scattered throughout the Siamese landscape. Prior to the 12th century however, the first Thai or Siamese state is traditionally considered to be the Buddhist kingdom of Sukhothai, which was founded in 1238.

Following the decline and fall of the Khmer empire in the 13th - 14th century, various Buddhist Tai Kingdoms of Sukhothai, Lanna and Lan chang were on the ascendancy. However, a century later, Sukhothai's power was overshadowed by the new kingdom of Ayutthaya, established in the mid-14th century.

After Ayutthaya fell in 1767 to the Burmese, Thonburi was the capital of Thailand for a brief period under King Taksin the Great. The current (Rattanakosin) era of Thai history began in 1782 following the establishment of Bangkok as capital of the Chakri dynasty under King Rama I the Great.

Siam retains an immemorial tradition of trade with its neighboring states and the cultures of the Indian ocean and the South China sea. European trade and influence arrived to Thailand in the 16th century, beginning with the Portuguese. Despite European pressure, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation never to have been colonised. Two main reasons for this were that Thailand had a long succession of very able rulers in the 1800s and that it was able to exploit the rivalry and tension between the French and the British. As a result, the country remained as a buffer state between parts of Southeast Asia that were colonized by the two colonial powers. Despite this, Western influence led to many reforms in the 19th century and major concessions, most notably being the loss of large territory on the east side of the Mekong to the French and the step by step absorption by Britain of the Shan (Thai Yai) States (now in Burma) and the Malay Peninsula. The loss initially included Penang and Tumasik and eventually culminated in the loss of three predominantly ethnic-Malay southern provinces, which later became Malaysia's three northern states, under the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.

In 1932, a bloodless revolution resulted in a new constitutional monarchy. During World War II, Thailand became an ally of Japan while at the same time maintaining an active anti-Japanese resistance movement known as the Seri Thai. After the war, Thailand emerged as an ally of the United States. As with many of the developing nations during the Cold War, Thailand then went through decades of political transgression characterised by coups d'état as one military regime replaced another, but eventually progressed towards a stable prosperity and democracy in the 1980s.

In 1997, Thailand was hit with the Asian financial crisis and the Thai baht for a short time peaked at 56 baht to the US dollar compared to about 25 baht to the dollar before 1997. Since then, the baht has regained most of its strength and as of 23 May 2007, is valued at 32 baht to the US dollar.

The official calendar in Thailand is based on Eastern version of the Buddhist Era, which is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian (western) calendar. For example, the year AD 2008 is called 2551 BE in Thailand.

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Answer 3

Orlando n Miami beaches.

All the best n Good luck.