Tag: Songkran
Pawn shops see business surge by people broke after Songkran
BURIRAM 19 April 2013 Pawn shops are seeing an increase in business as the Songkran festival dies down and people find themselves less...
Chinese tourists top Songkran celebrants in Thailand
BANGKOK, April 18 – About 60,000 foreign tourists, almost half Chinese, entered Thailand through major airports nationwide during the Thai New Year Songkran...
Death toll for Songkran’s six dangerous days hits 285
BANGKOK, April, 17- The countrywide death toll during the first six of Songkran’s seven dangerous days is 285, higher than the same period...
Car care centers see spike in business as Songkran winds down
BANGKOK, 17 April 2013 – Car care centers are seeing a spike in business with car owners flooding into carwashes to prepare their...
Songkran celebrated at Dusit Thani Pattaya
Staff of the Dusit Thani Pattaya gathered together to celebrate Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year at the resort last week. As part...
Amari’s new GM pays courtesy call on mayor
The management team of Amari Orchid Pattaya led by GM Brendan Daly (2nd left) paid a courtesy call on Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome...
Apakorn Kiatwong Hospital marks Songkran, Elderly Day
Apakorn Kiatwong Hospital marked Songkran and Elderly Day with a water-pouring ceremony in Sattahip. Hospital director Rear Adm. Anek Tantiwonsith welcomed government officials,...
St Andrews ends term with Songkran celebration
Last Friday, St Andrews students, teachers and friends were celebrating the end of Term Two with our annual Songkran Celebration. Children were celebrating...
Thailand overwhelmed by influx of foreign tourists
The Thai travel industry has called on the government to urgently increase the number of personnel in the tourism sector to cope with...
Wet & wild ends tonight
The giant water fight commonly known as Songkran has entered its final hours, with Pattaya thoroughly waterlogged and residents either thoroughly annoyed or gearing...
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Bolt driver punches Russian woman after speed dispute in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old Russian woman was physically assaulted by a Bolt driver after asking him to slow down during a ride in...
Construction worker falls from 3-story building, seriously injured
SATTAHIP, Thailand – Emergency teams responded to a call about a construction worker falling from a three-story building near the Chumphon Naval School traffic...
Pattaya tourists evacuated in panic as fire breaks out in condominium on Thappraya Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Pattaya Disaster Prevention Center received reports of a fire at Treetops Condominium, located on Thappraya Road at 6:36 AM on...
Jomtien Beach littered with dangerous debris after Loy Krathong Festival
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Following the Loy Krathong festival, Jomtien Beach in Pattaya was left littered with hazardous debris, including nails, sharp sticks, and fragments...
Drug-fueled rampage triggered by a bowl of rice leads to arrest in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police, along with the district administration and investigation teams, were called to a violent incident at a home in Pong Saked,...