To ring in Thai New Year, temples and public spaces around the country have been transformed into entertainment hubs. During the Songkran Festival, tourists can experience religious ceremonies ...

Visit in mid-April to participate in Songkran (Thai New Year), which is celebrated with the world’s largest water fight, or come in November for Yi Peng, the world-famous lantern festival.

Thais used to set their New Year by the lunar calendar as in many ... This “holy water” was thought to be lucky. Most Thai people still go to the temple during Songkran to pray for luck ...

The government will spend 153 million baht on Thai New Year festival events, which it hopes will generate more than 3 billion baht from tourist spending. The cabinet said on Monday that Prime ...

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, Jirayu Huangsap, has announced that each ministry has outlined their New Year initiatives following instructions ...

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