Padang Besar Attractions & Activities - The Best Holiday Destinations for 2020
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For other places with the same name, see Padang Besar (disambiguation).
Padang Besar is a border town in the north of Perlis, the northern-most state in Malaysia.
The Padang Besar border crossing is the only direct rail link between Malaysia and Thailand, and a quieter and less direct road crossing than Bukit Kayu Hitam in Kedah.
The town on the Thai side of the border, in Songkhla province, is also called Padang Besar - however Malaysians differentiate between the two by calling the Thai town "Pekan Siam" or "Siamese Town".
Much more tame and sanitized than its Thai counterpart, Malaysia's Padang Besar still attracts many Malaysians who come to shop for items imported from Thailand which are available in abundance at lower prices.
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