Thailand’s biggest light festival arrived on the shores of Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach yesterday. Officials from the Tourism Authority of Thailand welcomed partiers to the Aqua Lumina Illumination Festival with, as you’d expect, lots of colourful lights. The Phuket edition of the festival is set to last until May 31.
Aqua Lumina’s theme in Phuket is “Land of the Guardians of the Andaman”. As with all the Aqua Lumina festivals, it is displaying lit up sculptures and multimedia shows, as well as projection mapping with 3D images with light. Local musicians are performing at the festival, with street vendors serving food from local chefs. Prizes are up for grab for attendees from 5pm t0 10pm every night of the festival. Entry is free.
TAT’s Deputy Governor for Digital Research and Development, Nithi Siprae, said the main target for the festival is domestic tourists.
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