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The Royal Gazette has published the 2026–2037 national spatial policy plan, setting development roles for each region, backing development around transit stations and setting infrastructure targets.
Thailand's national spatial policy plan for 2026–2037 has cleared a key step. The notice is dated 16 September 2026 and appeared in the Royal Gazette on 5 October 2026, covering 76 provinces and Bangkok.
The big picture is a Thailand that acts as a hub for transport and logistics, high-value tourism and health services, with government agencies using the plan as a shared direction.
For anyone following locations and land, the notable element is support for development around public transport stations (transit-oriented development, or TOD), alongside transport infrastructure.
In the north, the plan names Chiang Mai and Phitsanulok as liveable smart cities. In the east, the area around U-Tapao International Airport in Rayong is the target for an aviation city.
The northeast is given a role as a base for advanced agro-industry, the bio-economy, Khmer-civilisation tourism and a trade gateway to Indochina.
On tourism, the plan lists target areas in Bangkok and nine more provinces: Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi, Surat Thani and Songkhla, plus Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri and Samut Prakan.
The plan sets goals across three horizons, 2027, 2032 and 2037. One example is lifting infrastructure competitiveness to 38th place by 2027, then 31st and 25th in 2032 and 2037, from 43rd in the 2021 base year.
It is, however, a national policy framework. Delivery is up to government agencies within their own powers, with the Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning advising and coordinating, and the targets depend on several policies working together.
If you are weighing a location or a plot of land, watch how agencies in each area turn the plan into concrete programmes and projects.
Written by the NextSpace+ team from the sources listed below, not copied from them. For information only, not investment advice.
Figures and dates checked against the original sources on 11 October 2026
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