Songkran

  • Bangkok NewsSiam Songkran Festival lights up this year’s Songkran in Bangkok
    ThaigerTuesday, March 19, 2019
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    Siam Songkran Festival lights up this year’s Songkran in Bangkok

    Sick of running around Bangkok with your 200 baht Tesco water pistol? Combine the annual water festival with a world class music festival instead. Welcome to Siam Songkran, Thailand’s newest four-day Songkran festival set to be held April 12 – 15 at Bangkok’s largest city centre entertainment zone, SHOW DC Arena. A time of tradition, Songkran is also a time…

  • Northern Thailand NewsTAT expects 2.3 million tourists for this year’s Songkran
    ThaigerTuesday, March 19, 2019
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    TAT expects 2.3 million tourists for this year’s Songkran

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand is expecting more than 2.3 million local and foreign tourists will join the various Songkran celebrations this year. They say that should generate 20 billion baht+ in revenue for tourism and tourism-related services. TAT’s Governor Yuthasak Supasorn says 300,000 international arrivals are expected to celebrate the five day festival starting April 12, along with two…

  • Thailand NewsPre-Songkran inspections of public buses and their drivers
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    Pre-Songkran inspections of public buses and their drivers

    The Land Transport Department has started the inspection of drivers and mechanical condition of public transport vehicles at bus stations ahead of the Songkran holiday period next month. The period, aka. the ‘seven days of danger’, is notorious for a marked increase in road accidents due to much higher traffic levels as Thai’s head home for celebrations. On the first…

  • Thailand NewsGovernment considers blanket alcohol bans on April 13
    ThaigerFriday, March 8, 2019
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    Government considers blanket alcohol bans on April 13

    There’s a 24 hour ban on alcohol on the weekend preceding AND the actual election weekend this month. And next month is Songkran with the Government mooting possible blanket bans on Songkran day, April 13. This year the Government says they want an alcohol ban on the biggest annual holiday for Thais. It’s also part of the week when there…

  • Thailand NewsSongkran extended to a five day holiday this year
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    Songkran extended to a five day holiday this year

    You have five full days to get soaked this year as the Cabinet has approved an extended public holiday for Songkran 2019. Songkran enthusiasts, and everyone else, now have an additional public holiday on Friday April 12 (Songkran, the Thai New Year, is on April 13 every year). Government assistant spokesman Colonel Athisit Chainuwat said that state enterprises, financial institutions,…