TAT Expects Lively Songkran Festival This Year

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, March 24 (TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects the Songkran Festival this year will be lively after the full celebrations were cancelled in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The TAT projected the tourism would rebound during the Thai New Year holidays, said TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn. He believed people wanted to enjoy water splashing in hot summer days.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1141079

 

-- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2023-03-24

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Bring out the water cannons, can we borrow them from the police please.......

[Shop mak]

Stay home 11/4 - 19/4.

Bring on 20 April

[Pouatchee]

God forbid. 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects the Songkran Festival this year will be lively after the full celebrations were cancelled in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

That's a no brainer.

[redwood1]

Nothing quite like when you strongly asking a shirtless, overweight farang with tattoos to not get you wet....

 

He iqnores your request...

 

Then he dumps a bucket of water on your head, and smiles at you with a BIG STUPD grin and laughs loudly in your face.......And says to his farang friend.....Yea man we nailed his azz..

 

99.999% of the time I am not a violent person....But these morons really make me want to seriously hurt someone...

Edited March 25, 2023 by redwood1

[RichardColeman]

Let the carnage begin

[2baht]

Come on TAT! Cut to the chase, the important bit, how many squillion baht will be spent???

[jacko45k]

15 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Nothing quite like when you strongly asking a shirtless, overweight farang with tattoos to not get you wet....

 

He iqnores your request...

 

Then he dumps a bucket of water on your head, and smiles at you with a BIG STUPD grin and laughs loudly in you face.......And says to his farang friend.....Yea man we nailed his azz..

 

99.999% of the time I am not a violent person....But these morons really make me want to seriously hurt someone...

Yes, what could be classified as an assault in many countries, becomes a right in Thailand!

[sammieuk1]

There is still plenty of time to ban water throwing due to any old reason and swop to throwing monks for more excitement ????

[2baht]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, what could be classified as an assault in many countries, becomes a right in Thailand!

.....and it's oh so sanook! ????

[Cake Monster]

TAT speak for "many people will get absolutely bladdered for a Week or so ".

They know its going to happen, but do nothing to reduce the appalling Road Death Toll that occurs every year.

Tomorrow we will get the spending prediction from them also