Mr_Pedantic Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Thinking of taking my daughters to Bangkok next Thursday(12th Aug) Queen's Birthday National Holiday. Anyone know if it's business as usual everywhere or are all the places of interest closed. Grand Palace etc. Or is it the opposite, everywhere open and packed solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopgurl Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 It's usually business as usual if you're planning to go out to the department stores and etc... As for small shops they might be closed. I would think that most would be taking their family out. It should be the same as any other day since Friday is again a working day. Hope you have a great time with your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooBoy Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Depends on which day the holiday falls, if its close to or on a weekend, you can find the city deserted as people all rush to go home for the long weekend. If its a thursday you might find them taking a 4 day weekend. If this happens its great!! Driving round the city on holidays is awesome, no traffic, no cops around, I love it! hehe Oh and the shopping is ok too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 The 12th is also considered Mothers Day here so most families will be dining out. Traffic will probably be as bad as normal during day/evening as this is not a weekend where people go out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinbad Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 In my experience if the bank holiday is only for one day, as with next Thursday, then Bangkok is pretty busy. Avoid shopping centres, Macdonalds and MBK etc. like the plague. On the contrary, if the bank holiday is for more than a day then many Bangkok Thais take a holiday and flee the big city, so it's pretty empty, like at SongKran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Pedantic Posted August 9, 2004 Author Share Posted August 9, 2004 Many thanks, very helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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