Thailand certainly appears to have loved itself after celebrating Songkran for the primary time for the reason that Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
Thailand’s alcoholic beverage gross sales jumped by 30% during the Songkran holiday, according to Thanakorn Kuptachit, an advisor to the Thai Alcohol Business Association. Related companies such as restaurants, entertainment venues, hotels, and occasion organisers, additionally got a boost from Songkran.
Thanakorn noted that despite the surge in booze sales, there have been fewer drink-related accidents than final yr, The Pattaya News reported.
Thanakorn urged the model new government, which is about to be elected in May, to increase legal closing instances for nightspots and cancel the alcohol sale prohibition between 2pm and 5pm in vacationer spots to spice up tourism.
Some areas of Thailand, significantly within the country’s eastern area, have saved the get together going even after Songkran ended.
Yesterday, Thailand’s infamous nightlife wonderland of Pattaya was nonetheless in celebration mode. The city’s three-day afterparty kicked off on Tuesday, with revellers having fun with the water fights and festivities within the sweltering heat. On Dark , the Wan Lai or Flowing Day celebration occurred, with crowds flocking to the beachfront and Wat Chai Mongkol armed with water weapons and barrels to splash each other cool.
Live music and road distributors promoting food, drinks, and water weapons added to the festive ambiance. The party continued by way of yesterday (Thursday). More than 800 cops, soldiers, municipal officers, and medical employees have been deployed to make sure the security of the event.
More than 100,000 folks have been expected to participate in the Wan Lai festival this 12 months after Covid-19 restrictions had been lifted. The celebrations, which take place mostly within the jap seaboard provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong, and Samut Prakan, focus on conventional Songkran actions such as giving alms to monks, constructing sand sculptures at temples or on the seashore, and playing traditional video games..