Put your video cameras to profitable use in Thailand – the Tourism Authority of Thailand is giving away a total of $5,000 in prizes to the best Thailand tourist videos uploaded to their site.

If you have an interesting snippet of your Thailand vacation, upload it on the contest site. Site visitors will be encouraged to vote for their favorite videos. (Personally, I’m rooting for whoever makes their shopping trip to Chatuchak look interesting.)

The best submissions get the best prizes of the lot. Up for grabs are Sony Handycams, Sony Ericsson cellphones, iPod Nanos, and two-night packages at The Rock Hua Hin Beach Resort & Spa and Baan Krating Resort & Spa.

Videos will be accepted for upload from May 1 to June 30, 2008. Voting ends on July 31.