Patong Carnival tops poll as Phuket’s top funfair

PHUKET: The annual Patong Carnival is Phuket’s top free funfair according to a recent readers’ poll by the Phuket Gazette.

The two-week poll, launched late last month, asked readers, “Which of the following annually-staged free events do you most enjoy?”

Patong Carnival ranked as the top response, garnering 59.7% of votes overall.

The Old Phuket Town Festival ranked second with 16.2% of the votes, followed by the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, which scored 12.6% of the votes.

Losing out were the annual Wat Chalong Fair (5.1%), the Phuket Local Food Fair (3.6%) and the Phuket Red Cross Fair (2.8%).

Thai nationals who took part in the poll were divided in their top choice, with Patong Carnival and the Old Phuket Town Festival each scoring 33% of the votes, followed closely by the Phuket Vegetarian Festival (29%).

Local foreign residents were more decisive in declaring Patong’s week-long party as their top choice, at 64% of votes, followed by the Old Phuket Town Festival (16%) and the Phuket Vegetarian Festival (10%).

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