The availability of elephants, exotic jungle and beach settings, relatively low production costs, and a mature domestic film industry with many experienced crew members have made Thailand an attractive location for many Hollywood films and other foreign productions.
Films set in Thailand include Around the World in Eighty Days, The Big Boss, The Man with the Golden Gun and The Beach.
As a result, the Tourism Authority of Thailand is keenly interested in attracting production companies to make films in the nation.
The island used to depict the villain's hideout in The Man with the Golden Gun is now a major draw for tourism operators in Phang Nga Bay, Phuket.
One of the first feature films made in Thailand, 1923's Miss Suwanna of Siam, was a Hollywood co-production, made with the assistance of King Vajiravudh, who gave the production free use of his 52 automobiles, 600 horses, use of the Royal Thai Navy, the Grand Palace, the railways, the rice mills, rice fields, coconut groves, canals and elephants.