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After almost 2 years COVID pandemic, Thailand is open for tourist from November 2021.
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Important things you need to know when you visit Thailand, there are NON Alcohol Days, Buddha Days, Chinese Lunar New Year and Sonkran Festival(Thai New Years)…
Thailand Basic Information
Wikipedia: Thailand
Thailand,[a] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam,[b] is a country at the centre of the Southeast Asian Indochinese Peninsula composed of 76 provinces. At 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) and over 68 million people, Thailand is the world’s 50th-largest country by total area and the 22nd-most-populous country. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, a special administrative area. Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. It is a unitary state. Although nominally the country is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, the most recent coup, in 2014, established a de facto military dictatorship under a junta.
Thailand Public Holidays and NON ALCOHOL DAYS
- NON ALCOHOL DAYS: Some Buddhist days have been assigned as ‘non alcohol days’ in Thailand and vendors/restaurants on these days are expected to follow the law or face a jail term of up to 6 months, pay a fine of 10,000 Baht or both.
- All public holidays are observed by government agencies, while the Bank of Thailand regulates bank holidays, which differ slightly from those observed by the government.
January 2022
Saturday, 01 January : New Year’s Day
Monday, 03 January : New Year’s Day observed
February 2022
Tuesday, 01 February : Chinese Lunar New Year
Wednesday, 02 February : Chinese New Year
Thursday, 03 February : Chinese New Year
Wednesday, 16 February : Makha Bucha Day [NON ALCOHOL DAY]
March 2022
Sunday, 13 March : Elephant Day [Not a public holiday]
April 2022
Wednesday, 06 April : Chakri Dynasty Memorial Day
Wednesday, 13 April : Songkran Festival(Thai New Year)
Thursday, 14 April : Songkran Festival(Thai New Year)
Friday, 15 April : Songkran Festival(Thai New Year)
May 2022
Sunday, 01 May : Labour Day(Bank Holiday)
Monday, 02 May : Labour Day(Bank Holiday) Observed
Wednesday, 04 May : H.M. King’s Coronation
Friday, 13 May : Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Sunday, 15 May : Visakha Bucha Day [NON ALCOHOL DAY]
Monday, 16 May : Day off for Visakha Bucha Day
June 2022
Friday, 03rd June : Queen Suthida’s Birthday
July 2022
Wednesday, 13 July : Asalha Bucha [NON ALCOHOL DAY]
Thursday, 14 July : Khao Phansa Day(Buddhist Lent Day) [NON ALCOHOL DAY]
Thursday, 28 July : King Vajiralongkorn’s Birthday
August 2022
Friday, 12 August : Her Majesty the Queen Mother’s Birthday
September 2022
October 2022
Monday, 10 October : The End of Buddhist Lent [NON ALCOHOL DAY] *Not holiday
Thursday, 13th October : Anniversary of the Death of King Bhumibol
Sunday, 23 October : Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
Monday, 24 October : Chulalongkorn Memorial Day observed
November 2022
Tues, 08 November : Loy Krathong(Observance)[Not a public holiday]
December 2022
Monday, 05 December : King Bhumibol’s Birthday/Father’s day
Saturday, 10 December : Constitution Day
Monday, 12 December : Constitution Day observed
Saturday, 31 December : New Year’s Eve
Sales of Alcohol : 1100-1400, 1700-2400
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