แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว
“แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว” (лэнг тхонг тиао) — attraction; sight in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "place where one goes strolling": the first word is a nest, an accumulation. A word of listings and guidebooks; in conversation one says simply "a beautiful place". In a live sentence: “เมือง นี้ มี แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว มาก” — There are many sights in this city. Written with the characters แ, ห, ล, ่, ง, ท, ่, อ, ง, เ, ท, ี…
In short
| Written in Thai | แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว |
| Read in Latin letters | лэнг тхонг тиао |
| Translation | attraction; sight |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "place where one goes strolling": the first word is a nest, an accumulation. A word of listings and guidebooks; in conversation one says simply "a beautiful place"
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- เมือง นี้ มี แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว มากмыанг ний ми лэнг тхонг тиао макThere are many sights in this city
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “attraction; sight” in Thai?
«แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว», read “лэнг тхонг тиао”. In a live sentence: “เมือง นี้ มี แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว มาก” — There are many sights in this city. Noun, level B1; written with the characters แ, ห, ล, ่, ง, ท, ่, อ, ง, เ, ท, ี…
How is “แหล่ง ท่อง เที่ยว” written in Latin letters?
лэнг тхонг тиао. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "place where one goes strolling": the first word is a nest, an accumulation. A word of listings and guidebooks; in conversation one says simply "a beautiful place". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.