accessible by land transport modes. Slowly but
surely the needs for long-tailed boat services
began to decline and subsequently some longtailed
boat routes began to cease their operation
due to unpopular demand and reduction in
revenue collected through their operation.
Besides, some routes were no longer suitable
for navigation purpose due to the installation of
flood protection facilities. At present, there are
a total of 14 long-tailed boat routes still offering
their services to the interior canals connecting
with the Chao Phraya River. In addition, two longtailed
boat routes along the canals in Bangkok
are also catering their services which are
Sansaeb Canal and Phrakanong Canal as shown
in Table 2.
The details of these long-tailed boat
services are separated into three categories in
this paper for easier explanation—long-tailed