Bangkok Post – Govt defends its ‘confidence’ in Tomorrowland

The government has defended its stance after the organisers of Tomorrowland, a major electronic dance music (EDM) festival, denied a government statement suggesting that the annual event would come to Thailand, saying the offer was still being studied.

Government spokesman Chai Watcharonke told the Bangkok Post that the announcement he made last week affirmed “the government’s confidence” that Thailand would have the opportunity to organise the world-class event.

“We never said that we had received confirmation from Tomorrowland. We just said we were confident we might.”

Mr Chai said the government made its pitch to the organisers of the event when they met last December. The organising team said the festival would not be staged outside Belgium in 2024 or 2025, but if Thailand made a successful proposal, it might get to hold the event from 2026 onward, he…