Phuket Carnival hoped to help local businesses

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Phuket Carnival hoped to help local businesses

By The Phuket News

 

The eight-day carnival, now in its 34th year, will begin this Sunday (Nov 1), Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup announced on Tuesday (Oct 27).

 

PHUKET: Officials are hoping that the Phuket Carnival, the festival held in Patong each year traditionally to mark the beginning of the tourism high season, will lure some 15,000 to 30,000 people to the island, and generate at least B120 million for the local economy.

 

The annual eight-day Phuket Carnival will get underway in Patong this Sunday (Nov 1), and is hoped to bring some relief to local tourism businesses suffering amid the current economic crisis. Photo: Patong Municipality

 

Present for the launch were Kathu District Chief Trithip Sakulpradit along with Boonperm Intharapasat, President of the Thai branch of the International Events & Festivals Trade Association (IEFA), and Pattanachai Singhavara, Director of the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) Southern Regional Office.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-carnival-hoped-to-help-local-businesses-77804.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-10-29

 

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[MarkT63]

Has anyone seen a schedule of events for the carnival?

 

Have been looking but can't seem to find anything.

 

Cheers