Kim Yong Market

Kim Yong Market is a large indoor market in central Hat Yai, Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province, southern Thailand. Located on Supasarn Rangsan Road, it is one of the city's most well-known shopping destinations. The two-storey market is noted for imported snacks, dried fruits, nuts, cosmetics, clothing and souvenirs, many sourced from Malaysia and China. It serves both local shoppers and visitors from Malaysia and Singapore.

Visitors can expect a busy two-storey indoor market with narrow aisles lined with stalls selling dried fruits, nuts, chocolates, imported snacks, cosmetics, clothing, bags, watches and souvenirs. The ground floor focuses on food items and dry goods, while the upper floor offers clothing and accessories. The market is located in central Hat Yai surrounded by shops and street vendors, with a lively, crowded atmosphere and opportunities for browsing, tasting samples and shopping for gifts to take home.

Named after Kim Yong Sae Lee, a Chinese-Thai merchant, the market has operated since the mid-20th century and grew with Hat Yai's development as a major commercial centre in southern Thailand, serving as a hub for cross-border trade with Malaysia.

The market reflects Hat Yai's Chinese-Thai heritage and its role as a border trading city, offering a mix of Thai, Malaysian and Chinese goods and serving as a daily shopping and social hub for locals and visitors from Malaysia and Singapore.