rooster59 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event BANGKOK: In an effort to boost tourism revenue, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) says it will promote Chinese New Year celebration in Thailand an international event with 13 provinces across the country hosting the celebrations. The Chinese New Year festival will begin next week.According to TAT News, the 13 provinces where celebration of the important day of the Chinese are Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Suphan Buri, Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chonburi, Ayutthaya, Trang, Songkhla, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Udonthani.The celebration will start from February 5-15.TAT Deputy Governor for Tourism Products and Business Mr Visanu Jaroensilp said the events are expected to generate some 15 billion baht mainly from foreign visitors.He said TAT plans to make the Chinese New Year celebration in Thailand an international event.According to the TAT, visitors can enjoy Chinese culture exhibitions, cultural displays and grand dragon parades during the celebrations.A total of 108 Chinese acrobats have been invited to perform the cultural and fun activities.Among the 13 provinces where grand celebration will be held, Udon Thani in the Northeast is ready to welcome visitors.Udon Thani Governor Chayawut Chanthorn said highlight for this year event will be a street food festival.He said a one-kilometer-long street will be turned to a food street where hundreds of stalls will sell Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese food.Apart from food, there will also be Vietnamese cultural displays because Udon Thani province has the highest number of Vietnamese Thai population in the country.He said since the Vietnamese New Year and the Chinese New Year are celebrated in the same period, local authorities therefore decide to host an event to celebrate the two special New Years at the same time.In Trang, visitors can also enjoy the famous Chinese rice cakes (Khanom Kheng) of Trang province.Rice cakes from this southern province are made of brown sugar, which make them unique.They are also taller than normal rice cakes. These rice cakes are steamed for a day to create beautiful smell.More importantly, they are delicious, a TAT official said.For the Chinese, rice cakes symbolize prosperity.The TAT projects the grand celebrations will generate over 10 billion baht tourism revenue for the economy. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/148843 -- Thai PBS 2016-01-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event It already is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpkt8 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 And have beauty pageant contestants wearing cheongsam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Deputy Governor for Tourism Products and Business Mr Visanu Jaroensilp said the events are expected to generate some 15 billion baht mainly from foreign visitors. ... The TAT projects the grand celebrations will generate over 10 billion baht tourism revenue for the economy." figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyrice2000 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thais are really good at kissing butts when they want your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event It already is! Yup but now we also go celebrate Vietnamese nieuw year. I had never heard of that before. So we do western new year, chinese, vietnamese and of course Thai new year..... I hope we also get a 1 km long street full of food in BKK. That would be awesome! Oh and then also add Indonesian food please, i love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thailand will be owned by China in the near future and they wont have any choice but to celebrate it. The Hiso's republic of Chailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Rice cakes ,"more importantly they are delicious " I wonder if any of the plastic rice will sneak in to these products, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Of course people wanting to celebrate Chinese New Year will never think of going to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan or Mainland China and why should they when all they want and more is available in Chinese Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Ooooooh...and they start promoting this "international event" one week ahead! Good planning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 CNY is 8 Feb with most that celebrate it will also celebrate on 7 and 9 - not 11 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event It already is! Yup but now we also go celebrate Vietnamese nieuw year. I had never heard of that before. So we do western new year, chinese, vietnamese and of course Thai new year..... I hope we also get a 1 km long street full of food in BKK. That would be awesome! Oh and then also add Indonesian food please, i love that. The Chinese New Year 2016 Feb 8th is celebrated as Tet in Vietnam on the same date. But why stop there? Jewish NY Rosh Hashana, Oct 3-4, Islam's Muharram at the same time. Everybody gets a happy ending and a happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 You can rely on TAT to be out of touch with what is happening internationally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event and while you are at it, don't forget my birthday coming up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffH Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Ooooooh...and they start promoting this "international event" one week ahead! Good planning! That's nothing. Valentine's Day, which will probably stretch out for two months or so, started in Pattaya's Beach Road on 14 January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 This year is the year of the fiery Monkey. The junta better be very careful. A small event mishandled by the junta may turn out to be their Waterloo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maderaroja Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 So, where is the calendar with dates and time and locations of events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Aren't you supposed to let the punters know in advance so they can plan to come here. What's the point in hyping it up now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Just checked my list of holidays as provided by the local company, but no Chinese New Year. I guess that means it falls on a Saturday / Sunday and no substitute days named Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 The least interesting event of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event It already is! Yeah, let's call it Kiss *****ZZ China...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usual Suspect Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Wait for it..you know when the Chinese have really got their claws in when CNY means bar closures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 TAT plans to promote Chinese New Year celebration an international event It already is! Thailand thinks they own it. But the real story here is that the holiday is less than a week away and TAT is planning to promote it internationally. Hey TAT, that is not a plan, it is an afterthought. And a late one at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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