Cabinet Approves Extra Holiday for Songkran Festival

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Feb 13 (TNA) – The Cabinet has passed a resolution approving Friday, April 12, 2024, as an additional public holiday, creating a continuous holiday period of five days for Songkran Festival.

 

This decision comes in light of the upcoming Songkran Festival, during which a significant number of people will be traveling back to their hometowns and visiting various provinces, leading to increased traffic congestion and potential gridlocks.

 

Therefore, in order to facilitate smoother travel and to stimulate tourism, service sectors, and the overall economy, it was deemed necessary to designate an additional public holiday on April 12.

 

Full story: Thai News Agency 2024-02-13

 

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[keith101]

Money money money 

[transam]

Gawd...............

[uttradit]

Was going to do it in Bangkok. Skipping it now.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Cabinet has passed a resolution approving Friday, April 12, 2024, as an additional public holiday, creating a continuous holiday period of five days for Songkran Festival.

5 day long weekend makes sense, but three weeks of celebrations as touted by TAT is ludicrous

 

12 hours ago, keith101 said:

Money money money 

Thailand is desperate... 

Edited February 13 by hotchilli

[dinsdale]

15 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

5 day long weekend makes sense, but three weeks of celebrations as touted by TAT is ludicrous

 

Thailand is desperate... 

The 3 wks was never touted as a 3 wk holiday. Having said this I agree that it's ludicrous. What is meant to happen in these 3 wks? TAT like all departments here are full of thought bubble, empty headed idiots that come up with completely idiotic ideas with no thought at all put into to them. Arrival tax is a good example.

[mikebell]

'Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.'  - The Rhyme of the Ancient Thai'. 

Cue the drought season.

 

[redwood1]

I

HATE

HATE

HATE

Songkran.......

 

The Covid years were Glorious....Why?........No Bloody Songkran........

[ikke1959]

and the two other days after Songkran why not make them holidays too?? Thailand is the hub of holidays

[JonnyF]

For public sector only.

 

Most private businesses, including the one I work for will ignore this. 

 

I guess it will get all the busloads of grumpy middle aged women in beige uniforms off the roads and away from the gas station food courts before I head to the farm. 

[Irons]

3 hours ago, redwood1 said:

I

HATE

HATE

HATE

Songkran.......

 

The Covid years were Glorious....Why?........No Bloody Songkran........

Totally agree