Despite many public events being canceled in respect of the passing away of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana on January 2, the Tourism Authority of Thailand expects a 20% increase in the number of mainland Chinese celebrating the upcoming Chinese New Year in Phuket over last year.Well, hotels will be all booked out over those days, or at least they will tell travel agents that until the last minute.
The lunar-based Chinese New Year celebrations, this year marking the arrival of the Year of the Rat, is traditionally held over three days. This year if falls February 7 to 10.
But when will we see that instead of always higher record numbers, Phuket tries to actually invite the 'quality tourists' the TAT's mouth propaganda wants to attract? One of those Thai riddles I am unable to grasp even after ten years of living here!
Links of Interest:
- Phuket Gazette
- Hotels in Patong
- It will be busy like the Western New Year: Phuket makes 2 Billion Baht over holidaysHRH
- Princess Galyani Vadhana has died
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