Water spectacular: Silom Road overflows with revellers on the first day of the Songkran festival in 2018. The government has signalled the festival will come back next month with strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Tourism operators and workers in major tourist provinces believe the government’s proposed plan to allow the annual Songkran festival to go ahead next month could help revitalise the economy even as some remain concerned about health safety.
After the government declared April 10-15 as this year’s Songkran holidays and signalled the annual Songkran festival may be observed as normal as long as social distancing rules and other Covid-19 measures are respected, provinces such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Pattaya of Chon Buri and Phuket where the Songkran festival is widely known…
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