Are You Ready For Chinese New Year 2020?

Chinese New Year is coming up, and while you may be thinking, “I’m in Thailand, why are we celebrating Chinese New Year?”, Chinese Thais actually make up approximately 14% of the population (more than 10 million people).

Additionally, with China having just recently reopened its borders after years of restrictions due to the Covid pandemic, Chinese are returning to Thailand. China is roughly thirty percent of Thailand’s overall tourist arrivals, the largest piece of the overall pie, and critical to the overall Thai tourism industry.

With such a large population of Thais that are also Chinese, it makes for rather large Chinese New Year celebrations in the land of smiles. This year the New Year falls on Sunday, January 22nd. The date varies annually based on the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, it is the year of the rabbit.

While it is not an…