Lively Songkran holidays in Koh Samui - 2022 kicks 2021 into touch!

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

A tour operator in Koh Samui  who arranges day trips to islands said that 80% of their business was back this Songkran.

 

Saowaluck Muksong told Thai Rath that they were doing a roaring trade with Thai and foreign tourists and their families going on trips. 

 

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

She praised the government for easing restrictions on foreign tourism and said it was great news for the tourism industry. 

 

The media also went to Big Buddha where they found plenty of tourists.

 

And where a batik trader called Darin confirmed that 2022 Songkran was knocking spots off the 2021 version. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

ASEAN NOW notes that the holiday island has suffered terribly during two years of the pandemic.

 

Only now is the tourism industry starting to show signs of recovery from more mainstream, rather than sandbox, tourists. 

 

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