Festival coincides with Ramadan but southern hub still expects at least B300m in revenue
Revellers join the “Hatyai Midnight Songkran 2019” event, the last time a full-scale celebration was held in Songkhla. (Bangkok Post File Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
SONGKHLA: At least 30,000 tourists from Malaysia are expected to travel to Hat Yai during the Songkran festival and generate 300-500 million baht in revenue, says a local tourism leader.
Songchai Mungprasitchai, chairman of the Songkhla Tourism Association, on Saturday forecast that visitors would spend at least 10,000 baht a day during the festival from April 12-14.
The public and private sectors will jointly organise a midnight Songkran event in…
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