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· New Year's Day
· End of Year substitution
holiday
· Chinese New Year's Day
· Makha Bucha Day
· Chakri Memorial Day
· Songkran Festival
· Labor Day
· Coronation Day
· Visakha Bucha Day
· Asalha Bucha Day
· H.M. The Queen's Birthday
· King Chulalongkorn Memorial
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· H.M. The King's Birthday
· Constitution Day
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| January 1st - New Year's Day |
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As most Thais return home to their provinces for celebrations, different regions of Thailand will come alive with people, merry-making festivities and enthralling lights, fireworks and sounds.
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| January 2nd - End of Year Day substitution holiday |
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Public holiday in lieu of Year End day on December 31st.
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| Febuary 18th - Chinese New Year's Day |
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The Thais of Chinese ancestry celebrate their New Year in Chinese tradition with their families. Although not officially a national holiday, most businesses run by Thai-Chinese close during this period, providing them and tourists, alike, with an opportunity for reclusion from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
* Chinese community holiday; not an official public holiday.
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| March 5th - Makha Bucha Day |
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Public holiday in lieu of Makha Bucha day on March 3rd.
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| April 6th - Chakri Memorial Day |
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Commemorating the birth of the Chakri Dynasty, of which King Bhumibol is the ninth monarch (current reigning).
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| April 13th -15th - Songkran Festival |
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Songkran, the Water Festival, coincides with the Thai New Year's celebrations of the new solar year. Songkran is one of Thailand's biggest holiday celebrations, during which every town and province will engage in 'wet' and 'fun' revelries.
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| May 1st - Labor Day |
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National Labour Day recognizes the important role of Thai labour workers and honours their contribution to the country on this day.
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| May 7th - Coronation Day |
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Public holiday in lieu of Coronation Day on May 7th to commemorating the date of King Bhumibol's accession to the throne as the ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, on May 5th, 1946.
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| May 31st - Visakha Bucha Day |
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Visakha Bucha Day marks the day the Lord Buddha was born, reached enlightenment as well as ascended to nirvana.
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| July 29th - Asalha Bucha Day |
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Commemorates the first Dhamma sermon delivered by Lord Buddha bringing about the 'Ratanatraya' of Buddhism.
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| August 13th - H.M. The Queen's Birthday Celebration |
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Public holiday in lieu of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit's Birthday on August 12th, also celebrated as National Mother's Day.
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| October 23rd - Chulalongkorn Memorial Day |
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Commemorating the passing away of King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V).
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| December 5th - H.M. The King's Birthday |
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National celebration of His Majesty King Bhumibol's Birthday and also celebrated as National Father's Day.
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| December 10th - Constitution Day |
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Commemorating the day Thailand was bestowed her first national constitution, the transition from Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy in 1932.
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