Thailand certainly appears to have enjoyed itself after celebrating Songkran for the first time for the explanation that Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
Thailand’s alcoholic beverage sales jumped by 30% in the course of the Songkran holiday, in accordance with Thanakorn Kuptachit, an advisor to the Thai Alcohol Business Association. Related companies such as restaurants, leisure venues, hotels, and occasion organisers, additionally obtained a boost from Songkran.
Thanakorn noted that despite the surge in booze sales, there were fewer drink-related accidents than last year, The Pattaya News reported.
Thanakorn urged the new government, which is about to be elected in May, to extend authorized closing times for nightspots and cancel the alcohol sale prohibition between 2pm and 5pm in vacationer spots to spice up tourism.
Zany of Thailand, particularly within the country’s jap region, have stored the celebration going even after Songkran ended.
Yesterday, Thailand’s infamous nightlife wonderland of Pattaya was still in get together mode. The city’s three-day afterparty kicked off on Tuesday, with revellers having fun with the water fights and festivities in the sweltering heat. On Wednesday, the Wan Lai or Flowing Day celebration took place, with crowds flocking to the beachfront and Wat Chai Mongkol armed with water guns and barrels to splash one another cool.
Live music and avenue vendors promoting meals, drinks, and water weapons added to the festive ambiance. The get together continued through yesterday (Thursday). More than 800 police officers, troopers, municipal officers, and medical staff have been deployed to ensure the protection of the event.
More than 100,000 folks had been expected to take part in the Wan Lai festival this 12 months after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. The celebrations, which happen principally within the japanese seaboard provinces of Chon Buri, Rayong, and Samut Prakan, focus on conventional Songkran actions corresponding to giving alms to monks, constructing sand sculptures at temples or on the seashore, and playing traditional video games..